Radar interference blanking in radio astronomy using a Kalman tracker

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Dong, W ^a   Jeffs, B D ^a   Fisher, J R ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; KALMAN FILTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TELESCOPES;

BAYESIAN ALGORITHM; GREEN BAND TELESCOPE (GBT); PULSE DETECTORS; RADAR INTERFERENCE BLANKING;

RADAR INTERFERENCE;

EID: 29144470099     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003130     Document Type: Article

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