Detection of low observable moving target in sea clutter via fractal characteristics in fractional Fourier transform domain

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 635-651

  Chen, Xiaolong ^a   Guan, Jian ^a   He, You ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a NAVAL AERONAUTICAL AND ASTRONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX COMPUTATION; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTIONAL BROWNIAN MOTION MODEL; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIGH DETECTION PROBABILITY; MOVING TARGET DETECTION; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; SELF SIMILARITY PROPERTIES;

DETECTORS; FRACTALS; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TARGET TRACKING;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881483806     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2012.0116     Document Type: Article

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