Stochastic modelling of target detection and tracking in surface wave HF radars

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-181

  Sevgi, Levent ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; RADAR CLUTTER; RANDOM PROCESSES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE WAVES;

SURFACE WAVE HIGH FREQUENCY (SW HF) RADARS;

TRACKING RADAR;

EID: 0032073264     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1204(199805/06)11:3<167::AID-JNM300>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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