• DocumentCode
    770649
  • Title

    Optimal radar threshold determination in Weibull clutter and Gaussian noise

  • Author

    Morgan, C.J. ; Moyer, L.R. ; Wilson, R.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Technology Service Corp., Trumbull, CT, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    41
  • Lastpage
    43
  • Abstract
    A technique is presented for determining the ideal detection threshold when Gaussian noise and Weibull distributed clutter returns are present on a radar receiver and neither is dominant. Quantitative data is presented for several clutter types and false alarm probabilities
  • Keywords
    Gaussian noise; Weibull distribution; radar clutter; radar receivers; Gaussian noise; Weibull clutter; distributed clutter returns; false alarm probabilities; ideal detection threshold; optimal radar threshold determination; quantitative data; radar receiver; Density functional theory; Distribution functions; Filtering; Gaussian noise; Monte Carlo methods; Probability distribution; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Shape; Weibull distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8985
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/62.486736
  • Filename
    486736