Performance study of algorithms for detecting pulsed sinusoidal interference in microwave radiometry

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 628-636

  Johnson, Joel T ^a   Potter, Lee C ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARRIVAL TIME; ENERGY DETECTORS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MONTE CARLO PROCEDURES; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PERFORMANCE STUDIES; PULSE DETECTIONS; REDUCED SENSITIVITIES; SINUSOIDAL INTERFERENCES; SPECTROGRAMS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

MICROWAVES;

ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 59849119091     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2003956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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