DocumentCode :
2181861
Title :
Extended quality identifiers for radar measurements
Author :
Ksendzuk, Alexander V.
Author_Institution :
Kharkov Nat. Aerosp. Univ., Ukraine
Volume :
2
fYear :
2003
fDate :
9-12 Sept. 2003
Firstpage :
757
Abstract :
Synthetic aperture radar and ordinary radar systems must be optimized with respect to some quality criteria. A commonly used optimization gives minimum mean-square variance error. However, this optimization cannot take into account all characteristics of the radar image, such as speckle. This leads to a number of non-optimal secondary processing algorithms (nonlinear filtering, statistical estimation, etc.). The paper presents common quality criteria applicable to space and space-time processing. Radar image formation errors are separated into three kinds: dynamic, fluctuation and noise errors. Dynamic errors are caused by smoothing the radar space ambiguity function. One realisation of the stochastic process observed during the finite time interval leads to inconsistent estimation, which is called fluctuation error (speckle noise). Noise error is caused by additional noise present in the input. The paper proposes statistical criteria applicable to optimizing the processing algorithms in radar systems.
Keywords :
least mean squares methods; nonlinear filters; optimisation; parameter estimation; radar imaging; random noise; smoothing methods; speckle; statistical analysis; stochastic processes; synthetic aperture radar; dynamic errors; fluctuation error; inconsistent estimation; minimum mean-square error; minimum mean-square variance error; noise error; nonlinear filtering; optimization; quality identifiers; radar image; radar measurements; radar space ambiguity function; smoothing; space-time processing; speckle; speckle noise; statistical criteria; statistical estimation; stochastic process; synthetic aperture radar; Aerodynamics; Estimation error; Fluctuations; Parameter estimation; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Signal processing; Smoothing methods; Speckle; Synthetic aperture radar;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Theory and Techniques, 2003. 4th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7881-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICATT.2003.1238858
Filename :
1238858
Link To Document :
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