Covariance matrix estimation for CFAR detection in correlated heavy tailed clutter

F Gini, M Greco - Signal Processing, 2002 - Elsevier
This work addresses the problem of covariance matrix estimation for adaptive radar
detection in correlated heavy tailed clutter. The clutter is modeled as a compound-Gaussian …

Coherent radar target detection in heavy-tailed compound-Gaussian clutter

KJ Sangston, F Gini, MS Greco - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with the problem of detecting a radar target signal against correlated non-
Gaussian clutter, which is modeled by the compound-Gaussian distribution. We prove that if …

Recursive estimation of the covariance matrix of a compound-Gaussian process and its application to adaptive CFAR detection

E Conte, A De Maio, G Ricci - IEEE Transactions on signal …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Adaptive detection of signals embedded in Gaussian or non-Gaussian noise is a problem of
primary concern among radar engineers. We propose a recursive algorithm to estimate the …

Statistical analyses of measured radar ground clutter data

JB Billingsley, A Farina, F Gini… - … on Aerospace and …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of ground-based surveillance radars strongly depends on the distribution
and spectral characteristics of ground clutter. To design signal processing algorithms that …

Adaptive radar detection of subspace-based distributed target in power heterogeneous clutter

D **ao, W Liu, J Liu, L Dai, X Fang… - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the problem of adaptive detection of distributed targets in power
heterogeneous clutter. In the considered scenario, all the data share the identical structure …

X-band sea-clutter nonstationarity: Influence of long waves

M Greco, F Bordoni, F Gini - IEEE Journal of Oceanic …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we deal with the problem of modeling the backscattering from sea surface for
low-grazing-angle and high-resolution radar systems. Based on the electromagnetic two …

Under-foliage object imaging using SAR tomography and polarimetric spectral estimators

Y Huang, L Ferro-Famil… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the imaging of objects located under a forest cover using polarimetric
synthetic aperture radar tomography (POLTOMSAR) at L-band. High-resolution spectral …

Vector subspace detection in compound-Gaussian clutter. Part I: Survey and new results

F Gini, A Farina - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deals with the problem of detecting subspace random signals against correlated non-
Gaussian clutter exploiting different degrees of knowledge on target and clutter statistical …

Adaptive persymmetric detection for radar targets in correlated CG-LN sea clutter

J Xue, HE Li, M Pan, J Liu - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article deals with the detection problem of a moving point-like target in correlated non-
Gaussian sea clutter, which is modeled by a compound Gaussian model with a lognormal …

Coherency matrix estimation of heterogeneous clutter in high-resolution polarimetric SAR images

G Vasile, JP Ovarlez, F Pascal… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an application of the recent advances in the field of spherically invariant
random vector (SIRV) modeling for coherency matrix estimation in heterogeneous clutter …