DocumentCode
1682363
Title
Algorithm to reduce glint induced radar tracking errors on a highly dynamic target
Author
Guest, I.W.
Author_Institution
Div. for Aeronaut. & Syst. Technol., CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
fYear
1991
fDate
8/30/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
31
Abstract
An algorithm using a nonparametric rank detector is developed to detect and censor glint spikes on the angular error channels. The overall tracking improvement of a Kalman filter operating on this data was 15% on average
Keywords
Kalman filters; error correction; nonparametric statistics; radar systems; tracking systems; Kalman filter; algorithm; angular error channels; glint spikes; highly dynamic target; nonparametric rank detector; radar tracking errors; tracking improvement; Aerodynamics; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Detectors; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Radar tracking; Spaceborne radar; Target tracking;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications and Signal Processing, 1991. COMSIG 1991 Proceedings., South African Symposium on
Conference_Location
Pretoria
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0040-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/COMSIG.1991.278218
Filename
278218
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