CFAR behavior of adaptive detectors: An experimental analysis

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 233-251

  De Maio, A ^a   Foglia, G ^a   Conte, E ^a   Farina, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL FILTERS; FREQUENCIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR RECEIVERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADAPTIVE RADAR DETECTORS; CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE (CFAR) BEHAVIOR; COVARIANCE MATRIX;

RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 18844438898     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2005.1413759     Document Type: Article

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