Wide-angle radar imaging using time-frequency distributions

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 203-211

  Lanterman, A D ^a   Munson Jr , D C ^b   Wu, Y ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT REFLECTION;

ASPECT ANGLE;

RADAR;

EID: 0242442679     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20030712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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