Distribution Sensitive Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) Processor.

Abstract

In a radar receiver, a distribution sensitive constant false alarm rate processor derives the clutter threshold level from the average magnitude of echo return signals. The threshold level continuously adjusts to the changing conditions of the radar environment and correctly corresponds to the false alarm rates which may be varied by the user of the host radar system. The clutter threshold is then used to suppress clutter returns following either a Rayleigh distribution or a Weibull distribution. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 1984
Accession Number
ADD011134

Entities

People

  • M. L. Wolf

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • False Alarms
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radar Receivers
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Statistical inference.