Accession Number:

ADA558202

Title:

Coherent Multilook Radar Detection for Targets in Pareto Distributed Clutter

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA) ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND RADAR DIVISION

Personal Author(s):

• Weinberg, Graham V.

Report Date:

2012-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

The Pareto distribution has been proposed recently as a model for intensity clutter measurements, for maritime high resolution radar returns. Using the theory of spherically invariant random processes, the Neyman-Pearson optimal detector is derived. The generalised likelihood ratio test yields a simple suboptimal approximation, and its performance is gauged against the whitening matched filter.

Descriptors:

• *RADAR
• *TARGET ACQUISITION
• AUSTRALIA
• CLUTTER
• DETECTORS
• HIGH RESOLUTION
• INVARIANCE
• MATCHED FILTERS
• OPTIMIZATION
• TARGET DETECTION

Subject Categories:

• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE