Generating Statistically Correlated Glint And RCS For Empirically Based RF Target Models
In this paper we study the problem of generating correlated random variables representing glint and scintillation (or equivalently the radar cross-section, RCS) for distributed targets. Earlier models of glint and RCS have not considered the correlation between these two variables. We propose a new model which incorporates the appropriate correlation whose parameters can be estimated from aspect dependent measurements of mean and variances of glint and RCS variables. An algorithm for implementing the proposed model for generating correlated glint and RCS random variables is presented.