Statistical analyses of measured radar ground clutter data

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 579-593

  Billingsley, J B ^a,b   Farina, A ^c,d   Gini, F ^c,e   Greco, M V ^c,d   Verrazzani, L ^c,e  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Alenia Marconi Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

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EID: 0043200057     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.766939     Document Type: Article

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