Coherent Detection of Radar Targets in K-Distributed, Correlated Clutter

Abstract : A processor is obtained for detecting a radar target in correlated, nonhomogeneous Gaussian (K-distributed) clutter. When this processor and a matched filter are excited with nonhomogeneous Gaussian data, the performance of the new processor exceeds that of the matched filter. The new processor was obtained by approximating the Neyman-Pearson test for this problem.

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