Structures for radar detection in compound gaussian clutter

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 445-458

  James Sangston, K ^a,b   Gini, Fulvio ^a,c   Greco, Maria V ^b,d   Farina, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Georgia Tech Research Institute ^*

^d ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

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EID: 0000358380     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.766928     Document Type: Article

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