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Using the angle-time conversion method, the dynamic radar cross section (DRCS) of the vehicle in horizontal flying path and different flying states is solved in the range of L-band to X-band. The relevant effective statistical features are extracted from the time-scale matrix of DRCS based on continuous wavelet transform (CWT). The numerical results show that: At different flying altitudes, the backscattering radar cross section (BRCS) of the hypersonic vehicle covered with plasma sheath has irregular fluctuation and large range reduction in the head region of the vehicle. Generally, the higher the incident EM wave frequency is, the more detailed the fluctuation characteristics of the DRCS can be reflected. Within the same radar illuminate angle range, the time consumed by the vehicle DRCS is inversely proportional to the flying height and flying speed and is directly proportional to the detection altitude of the SBR. Besides, the different kinds of statistical eigenvalues extracted from DRCS will play an important role in hypersonic targets classification and recognition.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12172740","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,24]],"date-time":"2020-08-24T10:37:32Z","timestamp":1598265452000},"page":"2740","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Simulation and Feature Extraction of the Dynamic Electromagnetic Scattering of a Hypersonic Vehicle Covered with Plasma Sheath"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6169-198X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zheng","family":"Bian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physics and Photoelectric Engineering, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3801-1058","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiangting","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physics and Photoelectric Engineering, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lixin","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physics and Photoelectric Engineering, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1033","DOI":"10.1109\/LAWP.2013.2277757","article-title":"Electromagnetic scattering analysis of a conductor coated by multilayer thin materials","volume":"12","author":"Tao","year":"2013","journal-title":"IEEE Antennas Wirel. 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