On coherent modelling of non-Gaussian radar clutter

Author

Iskander, D. Robert ; Zoubir, Abdelhak M.

Author_Institution

Signal Process. Res. Centre, Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

fYear

1996

fDate

24-26 Jun 1996

Firstpage

226

Lastpage

229

Abstract

We introduce a general distribution, called the generalised Bessel K (GBK) distribution that involves the modified Bessel function of the second kind. The statistical properties of the proposed distribution as well as its application to coherent modelling of radar clutter are investigated. It is shown that the GBK-distribution includes a large number of the well known clutter models and is still mathematically tractable

Keywords

Bessel functions; gamma distribution; radar clutter; radar detection; radar signal processing; GBK-distribution; clutter models; coherent modelling; gamma distribution; general distribution; generalised Bessel K-distribution; nonGaussian radar clutter; parameter estimation; radar detection; second kind modified Bessel function; statistical properties; Australia; Clutter; Mathematical model; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Radar detection; Radar signal processing; Random variables; Shape control; Signal detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Statistical Signal and Array Processing, 1996. Proceedings., 8th IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on (Cat. No.96TB10004

Conference_Location

Corfu

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7576-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSAP.1996.534859

Filename

534859