Title :
Monopulse Estimation of swerling I–II extended targets
Author :
Nickel, Ulrich R O ; Chaumette, Eric ; Larzabal, Pascal
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer -FKIE, Wachtberg, Germany
Abstract :
Maximum likelihood estimators for the centroid and the extension of Swerling I-II extended targets are given which are based only on the outputs of the generalized monopulse ratio. The statistical performance of these quantities is characterized by mean and variance.
Keywords :
maximum likelihood estimation; radar tracking; target tracking; maximum likelihood estimators; monopulse estimation; swerling I-II extended targets; Atmospheric measurements; Particle measurements; Signal to noise ratio; Generalized monopulse; extended target tracking; statistical performance description;
Conference_Titel :
Radar (Radar), 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8444-7
DOI :
10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159583
