KB-GLRT: Exploiting knowledge of the clutter ridge in airborne radar

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 421-428

  De Maio, A ^a   Farina, A ^b   Wicks, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

CLUTTER RIDGE; COVARIANCE MATRIX; RADAR DETECTION;

RADAR;

EID: 29144486750     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20045132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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