Event-based characterization and simulation of sea clutter

This paper describes an empirical approach to characterizing and simulating sea clutter based on the identification and grouping of so called ’clutter events’. Clutter events are grouped based on azimuth width (or equivalently existence time). The groups are characterized with regards to mean spike amplitude and relative occurrence rate of events. The character of the azimuth amplitude profile within a group is further characterized in terms of …