Analysis of CFAR Processors in Nonhomogeneous Background

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 427-445

  Gandhi, P P ^a   Kassam, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY;

CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE (CFAR) RADAR; DETECTION PROBABILITY; TRIMMED-MEAN CFAR;

RADAR INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0024036877     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.7185     Document Type: Letter

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