Title :
Algorithm to reduce glint induced radar tracking errors on a highly dynamic target
Author_Institution :
Div. for Aeronaut. & Syst. Technol., CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
fDate :
8/30/1991 12:00:00 AM
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;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1991. COMSIG 1991 Proceedings., South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pretoria
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0040-8
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1991.278218
