Analysis of the KK-distribution with medium grazing angle sea-clutter

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-222

  Rosenberg, L ^a   Crisp, D J ^a   Stacy, N J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE; FALSE ALARM RATE; GRAZING ANGLES; K-DISTRIBUTION; MARITIME SURVEILLANCE; NOISE COMPONENTS; POLARISATION; SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES; TARGET DETECTION; X-BAND RADARS;

BACKSCATTERING; ERRORS; RADAR;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77953515201     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2009.0096     Document Type: Article

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