For suppression of nonhomogeneous clutter which is induced by array's non-side looking placement in airborne radar
this paper presents a class of STAP methods using array elevation information.Firstly
we analyzed the clutter components of the tested range cell for non-side looking array
and put forward the idea that near clutter induced by sidelobe of elevation leads to the clutter range dependence.Then the conclusion is achieved that the elevation information of antennas help to suppress the nonhomogeneous clutter based on above analysis
and a hybrid STAP method for nonhomogeneous clutter suppression is presented.Furthermore
we present the internal mechanism of how 3D STAP effectively solve the range dependent clutter nonhomogeneity problem.Finally
the simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the elevation-based STAP methods for nonhomogeneous clutter suppression.