Author :
Melvin, William L.
Author_Institution :
Sensors & Electromagn. Applications Lab., Georgia Tech Res. Inst., Smyrna, GA, USA
Abstract :
This tutorial provides a brief overview of space-time adaptive processing (STAP) for radar applications. We discuss space-time signal diversity and various forms of the adaptive processor, including reduced-dimension and reduced-rank STAP approaches. Additionally, we describe the space-time properties of ground clutter and noise-jamming, as well as essential STAP performance metrics. We conclude this tutorial with an overview of some current STAP topics: space-based radar, bistatic STAP, knowledge-aided STAP, multi-channel synthetic aperture radar and non-sidelooking array configurations.
Keywords :
airborne radar; jamming; military radar; radar clutter; radar signal processing; space-time adaptive processing; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; bistatic STAP; ground clutter; knowledge-aided STAP; moving target indication; multichannel synthetic aperture radar; noise-jamming; nonsidelooking array configurations; performance metrics; radar applications; reduced-dimension approaches; reduced-rank approaches; space-based radar; space-time adaptive processing; space-time signal diversity; tutorial overview;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAES.2004.1263229
