Research Article

An Evaluation Method of Ship-Tracking Algorithms for High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar considering High Maneuvers Generated by the MMG Model

Table 1

Radar specification in the simulation.

Radar parametersDescriptions

Center frequency10 MHz
WaveformFMCW
Chirp repetition frequency2 Hz
Transmitted power0 dBW
Bandwidth (B)100 kHz
Inter-radar spacing40 km
Tx antennaDipole
Rx antenna16-element array
Gain of Tx antenna and Rx array element2.15 dBi
Interelement spacing of Rx arrayλ/2
Range resolution1.5 km
Maximum range80 km
Azimuth resolution7.5°
Azimuth coverage120°
Coherent integration times256 s
Overlapped Doppler map75%
Time resolution of detection32 s
Speed resolution0.1172 m/s
Maximum speed detection15 m/s