Matched-field estimation of aircraft altitude from multiple over-the-horizon radar revisits

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 966-976

  Papazoglou, Michael ^a   Krolik, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRACKING (POSITION);

AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE; MATCHED FIELD ESTIMATION; MICRO MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; OVER THE HORIZON RADAR;

RADAR;

EID: 0033116650     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/78.752595     Document Type: Article

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