Feature extraction of SAR targets consisting of trihedral and dihedral corner reflectors

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-172

  Liu, Z S ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner reflectors; Cram r rao bounds; FFTB algorithm; NLS algorithm; SAR; Target extraction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ESTIMATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CORNER REFLECTORS; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0032091642     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:19981729     Document Type: Article

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