Polarimetric spectral filter for adaptive clutter and noise suppression

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-228

  Moisseev, Dmitri N ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITIES; COPOLAR CORRELATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITIES; FILTER PARAMETERS; GROUND CLUTTERS; ILLINOIS; NOISE SUPPRESSIONS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SCATTERING SOURCES; SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITIONS; SPECTRAL DOMAINS; SPECTRAL FILTERS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY);

WATER FILTRATION;

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FILTER; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 65549119784     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1119.1     Document Type: Article

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