• DocumentCode
    1215649
  • Title

    Update on radar detection probabilities and their calculation

  • Author

    Shnidman, David A.

  • Author_Institution
    Radet Consulting, Lexington
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    380
  • Lastpage
    383
  • Abstract
    In the 1995 paper entitled radar detection probabilities and their calculation, chi-square density functions, normalized with respect to the clutter variance, were used for the clutter density. While mathematically correct, it makes better physical sense to use clutter constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) density functions both there and in the 1999 paper, Generalized Radar Clutter Model, that are normalized with respect to the receiver noise, as is done with the target models. We update the results of these papers by redoing the relevant equations with these more appropriate clutter density functions.
  • Keywords
    radar clutter; radar detection; radar receivers; chi-square density functions; clutter variance; constant false-alarm rate density functions; radar detection probabilities; receiver noise; Chromium; Clutter; Density functional theory; Differential equations; Mathematical model; Probability; Pulse measurements; Radar detection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2008.4517013
  • Filename
    4517013