Range averaging and clutter microsuppression
Range averaging can improve the accuracy of the reflectivity measurements.
When this is done, autocorrelations from consecutive range bins are averaged, and the result is treated as a single bin. This means that the host computer must process fewer range bins.
Range averaging of the autocorrelations may be performed over 2 ...16 bins. Prior to range averaging, any bins that exceed the selectable clutter-to-signal threshold are discarded. This prevents isolated strong clutter targets from corrupting the range average, which improves the sub-clutter visibility.
