Improving practical space-time adaptive radar

Author

Melvin, William L. ; Wicks, Michael C.

Author_Institution

Rome Lab., US Air Force, NY, USA

fYear

1997

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

53

Abstract

This paper discusses the incorporation of nonhomogeneity detection with space-time adaptive processing to improve the formation of adaptive weights in practical adaptive airborne radar. We examine the problem of improving interference covariance matrix estimation in real-world environments and discuss several approaches for integrating nonhomogeneity detection with space-time adaptive processing. We use measured airborne data from the Rome Laboratory Multichannel Airborne Radar Measurements Program to illustrate key points

Keywords

adaptive signal detection; adaptive signal processing; airborne radar; covariance matrices; radar interference; radar signal processing; search radar; Multichannel Airborne Radar Measurements Program; Rome Laboratory; adaptive airborne radar; adaptive weights; airborne surveillance sensors; detection performance; interference covariance matrix estimation; measured airborne data; nonhomogeneity detection; space-time adaptive processing; space-time adaptive radar; Adaptive filters; Airborne radar; Computer simulation; Covariance matrix; Interference; Laboratories; Radar detection; Spaceborne radar; Surveillance; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1997., IEEE National

Conference_Location

Syracuse, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3731-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1997.588124

Filename

588124