Adaptive CFAR processor for nonhomogeneous environments

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3 PART 1, 2000, Pages 889-897

  Ali, Mohammad ^a   Mohammad, Khalighi ^b   Bastani, Hasan ^b  

^a GIPSA LAB   (France)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIERS; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; RADAR WARNING SYSTEMS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE (CFAR) PROCESSOR; NOISE POWER;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0034226535     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.869508     Document Type: Article

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