Chapter 4 HF Radar Network Design for Remote Sensing of the South China Sea

1. Introduction

2. The South China Sea

2.1. Physical geography

2.2. Meteorology and oceanography

2.3. Shipping

2.4. Economic activity

2.5. Strategic and geopolitical issues

3. Capabilities and limitations of HF surface wave radar

3.1. The suitability of HFSWR for maritime remote sensing and surveillance

3.2. Performance limitations and constraints

4. Radar siting and configuration design as a multi-objective optimisation problem

4.1. Elements of the formulation

4.2. Criteria for network optimality

4.3. Multi-objective optimisation via Pareto dominance

4.4. Implementation via genetic algorithms

4.5. Acceleration techniques

4.6. Methods for handling variable solution space dimensionality

4.7. Constructing the chromosomes

5. Constructing the objective function space

5.1. Objective functions for priority missions

5.2. Ship detection

5.3. Current mapping

5.4. Visibility and topographic constraints

6. Radar networks for the South China Sea

7. Conclusion

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