Multichannel array processing in radar: State of the art, hot topics and way ahead

2004 Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 11-19

  Farina, A ^a   Fabrizio, G A ^b   Melvin, W L ^c   Timmoneri, L ^a  

^a ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER EFFECT; JAMMING; RADAR SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTICHANNEL ARRAY PROCESSING;

SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

EID: 28244470992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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