Title :
New physical-statistical models and methods for clutter and reverberation: KA-distributions
Author :
Middleton, David
Author_Institution :
127 E. 91 St., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
New approaches to scattering theory, shown to be equivalent to classical formulations, are concisely noted. These yield new nongaussian pdf (probability distributions and densities) needed in signal processing for radar, sonar, and some aspects of telecommunications
Keywords :
acoustic wave scattering; electromagnetic wave scattering; radar clutter; radar signal processing; reverberation; sonar signal processing; statistical analysis; K distribution; KA-distributions; clutter; nongaussian pdfs; physical-statistical models; radar; reverberation; scattering theory; signal processing; sonar; telecommunications; Additive noise; Clutter; Probability distribution; Radar scattering; Radar signal processing; Reverberation; Signal detection; Sonar; Statistical analysis; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5000-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1998.708906
