Angle estimation for two unresolved targets with monopulse radar

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 998-1019

  Wang, Zhen ^a   Sinha, Abhijit ^b   Willett, Peter ^b   Bar Shalom, Yaakov ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANGLE ESTIMATION; MONOPULSE RADAR; UNRESOLVED TARGETS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 9444285867     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2004.1337470     Document Type: Article

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