Parametric adaptive matched filter for airborne radar applications

The parametric adaptive matched filter (PAMF) for space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is introduced via the matched filter (MF), multichannel linear prediction, and the multichannel LDU decomposition. Two alternative algorithmic implementations of the PAMF are discussed. Issues considered include sample training data size and constant false alarm rate (CFAR). Detection test statistics are estimated for airborne phased array radar measurements, and probability of detection is estimated using simulated phased array radar data for airborne surveillance radar scenarios. For large sample sizes, the PAMF performs close to the MF; performance degrades slightly for small sample sizes. In both sample size ranges, the PAMF is tolerant to targets present in the training set.

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