Modeling and Analysis of Sea-clutter Signal for Wide-band Radar Based on Electromagnetic Model

For the radar signals simulations of time-varying ocean surface, a radar signal model of sea clutter incorporating the electromagnetic scattering mechanism and radar signal modulation characteristics is developed. First, a set of time-varying sea surface geometric samples are constructed, and an efficient simulation of sea scattering at each time is performed by accelerating the calculation of the improved facet-based two-scale model, and the accuracy of the electromagnetic calculation method is demonstrated by comparing with the measured data. Then the band-wide echo signal model is established in the form of sub-pulse, and the scattering data of each surface element is replaced with its complex amplitude to complete the radar signal modeling. In simulations, the rationality and efficiency of the electromagnetic model are verified,and the statistical analysis of sea clutter data shows the effect of pulse compression on clutter suppression. This sea clutter model not only takes into account of the complex scattering mechanism and motion characteristics of the ocean, but also has the form of a general band-wide signal, so it can provide comprehensive source data for the interpretation of ocean scattering phenomena and the analysis of signal processing algorithms.