Demonstration of knowledge-aided space-time adaptive processing using measured airborne data

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 487-494

  Capraro, C T ^a   Capraro, G T ^a   De Maio, A ^b   Farina, A ^c   Wicks, M ^d  

^a Capraro Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DEMODULATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

HYBRID ALGORITHM; MEASURED AIRBORNE DATA; TERRAIN INFORMATION;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750914059     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20050107     Document Type: Article

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