Improved STAP performance using knowledge-aided secondary data selection

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 361-365

  Capraro, Christopher T ^a   Capraro, Gerard T ^a   Weiner, Donald D ^b   Wicks, Michael C ^c   Baldygo, William J ^c  

^a Capraro Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

COVARIANCE MATRICES; DATA SELECTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTIONS;

SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

EID: 4544370026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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