Target detection within sea clutter: A comparative study by fractal scaling analyses

Fractals

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-204

  Hu, Jing ^a   Gao, Jianbo ^a   Posner, Fred L ^b   Zheng, Y I ^a   Tung, Wen Wen ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal; Pattern Recognition; Sea Clutter; Target Detection

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FRACTAL SCALING ANALYSES; SEA CLUTTER; TARGET DETECTION;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 33749564141     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X06003210     Document Type: Article

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