Overview of generalized monopulse estimation

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 27-55

  Nickel, Ulrich ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY PHYSICS AND RADAR TECHNIQUES FHR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMING; GENERALIZED SIDELOBE CANCELLER (GSLC) CONFIGURATIONS; MONOPULSE ESTIMATORS;

RADAR;

EID: 33747012207     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2006.1662039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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