A new detecting method for weak targets in sea clutter based on multifractal properties

Proceedings of 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on Radar, RADAR 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 446-449

  Zhang, D T ^a   Luo, F ^b  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fractal; Multifractal; Sea clutter; Target detection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION BURDEN; DETECTING METHODS; LOW-OBSERVABLE; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI-FRACTAL PROPERTY; MULTIFRACTAL SPECTRUM; REAL SEA; SEA CLUTTER; SEA CLUTTERS; WEAK TARGETS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTALS; RADAR; TARGET TRACKING;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 84858969024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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