Impulse radar emergency system to prevent damage due to harmful objects in vegetation

The paper presents an experimental radar-based sensor to operate in an environment with vegetation cover for detection and discrimination of small-sized invisible dielectric and metallic objects. This sensor constitutes a vehicle-housed emergency system for surveillance of areas with vegetation ahead on the path of a moving vehicle to prevent its contact with hidden objects. The emergency system functioning is basically implemented by real-time electromagnetic imaging of the scene of interest and its subsequent image processing to enhance the target responses. Developed and tested experimental radar techniques are under consideration. The results of experimental examinations in field are presented and discussed.