Eigendecomposition of the multi-channel covariance matrix with applications to SAR-GMTI

Signal Processing

Volumn 84, Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1501-1535

  Sikaneta, I C ^a   Chouinard, J Y ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Along track interferometry; CFAR; Covariance matrix; DPCA; Eigenvalues; Eigenvectors; GMTI; Heterogeneous; SAR

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; DECOMPOSITION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VECTORS; WAVE FILTERS;

ALONG-TRACK INTERFEROMETRY; CFAR; COVARIANCE MATRIX; GMTI; SAR;

RADAR;

EID: 3342885590     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2004.05.028     Document Type: Article

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