Transient radar for target identification and detection

Summary form only given. A radar system using narrow interrogating EM (electromagnetic) pulses can provide target identification and detection capabilities. When a target is illuminated by a narrow EM pulse, the scattered response from the target consists of an early-time response and a late-time response. The late-time response has been utilized to discriminate and identify the target based on the E-pulse (extinction-pulse) and the S-pulse (single-mode extraction pulse) techniques. These techniques are aspect-independent and their basic principles have been developed at Michigan State University. The present effort on these techniques is to study their effectiveness in the presence of sea clutter and noise.<>