Abstract:
The most important problem to solve in correction of clutter spectrum spread for over-the-horizon radar(OTHR) is to recognize the two reasons of ionospheric phase contamination and multimode propagation. An algorithm combined with time reversibility, eigenvalue decomposition,the Hankel matrix and backscattering intelligent mode extraction is proposed to solve the four different cases of none of phase contamination and multimode propagation (I), only phase contamination(II), only multimode propagation (III) and both the phase contamination and multimode propagation exist. This method provides basis for the correction of phase contamination and multimode propagation. And it is validated by simulation and experimentation.