ANTENNA PROCESSING FOR SURFACE TARGET DETECTION,

Abstract

The problem of antenna processing for surface target detection in clutter is considered in this report. The general problem of the hypothesis testing and estimating of N targets in clutter and noise is formulated by means of decision theory. The theory is applied to the case of a single, nonscintillating target with unknown a priori amplitude, phase, and location. The a priori statistics of these parameters are assumed, and target detection is accomplished by means of a generalized likelihood ratio test. The hypothesis test is instrumented for clutter as well as receiver noise. Both scintillating and nonscintillating clutter are considered. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0670188

Entities

People

  • G. O. Young

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Data Science
  • Decision Theory
  • Detection
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Statistics
  • Surface Targets
  • Target Detection
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.