Title :
Update on radar detection probabilities and their calculation
Author :
Shnidman, David A.
Author_Institution :
Radet Consulting, Lexington
fDate :
1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In the 1995 paper entitled radar detection probabilities and their calculation, chi-square density functions, normalized with respect to the clutter variance, were used for the clutter density. While mathematically correct, it makes better physical sense to use clutter constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) density functions both there and in the 1999 paper, Generalized Radar Clutter Model, that are normalized with respect to the receiver noise, as is done with the target models. We update the results of these papers by redoing the relevant equations with these more appropriate clutter density functions.
Keywords :
radar clutter; radar detection; radar receivers; chi-square density functions; clutter variance; constant false-alarm rate density functions; radar detection probabilities; receiver noise; Chromium; Clutter; Density functional theory; Differential equations; Mathematical model; Probability; Pulse measurements; Radar detection;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.2008.4517013