Study of the modeling of radar sea clutter using the KA distribution and methods for estimating its parameters

2009 International Radar Conference "Surveillance for a Safer World", RADAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Valeyrie, Nicolas ^a   Garello, René ^a   Quellec, Jean Michel ^b   Chabah, Myriam ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne radar sea clutter; Class A and KA models; Discrete spikes; Parameters procedures

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE RADAR SYSTEMS; AIRBORNE RADARS; CLASS A; CLASS A AND KA MODELS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING ANGLES; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; NON-GAUSSIAN; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RADAR SEA CLUTTER; SEA CLUTTERS; SEA SURFACES; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; STATISTICAL MODELING; WAVE STRUCTURES; WAVE SURFACE;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRACKING RADAR;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77952611752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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