Radar propagation modeling in complex environments for marine navigational radar using measured pulse shapes

Radar pulses from magnetron radar are far from perfect rectangular shape. This paper investigates the effect of integrating a measured pulse shape of marine navigational radar into a radar propagation model used to assess the effect of a complex environment, in this case a wind farm. A comparison between the results from the model and measured data taken near the North Hoyle wind farm in North Wales, UK is provided.