Multichannel Target Detection for Maritime Radar

Coherent target detection in a multichannel maritime radar is a challenging problem due to the dynamic nature of sea clutter. Traditional detectors, such as the adaptive matched filter, which are designed for homogeneous data exhibit significant performance degradation due to the non-Gaussianity and...

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Published in2019 53rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers pp. 113 - 117
Main Authors Aboutanios, Elias, Rosenberg, Luke
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2019
Subjects
coherent
detection
Sea clutter
single snapshot
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ISSN2576-2303
DOI10.1109/IEEECONF44664.2019.9048948

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Summary:Coherent target detection in a multichannel maritime radar is a challenging problem due to the dynamic nature of sea clutter. Traditional detectors, such as the adaptive matched filter, which are designed for homogeneous data exhibit significant performance degradation due to the non-Gaussianity and inhomogeneity of the sea clutter returns. To tackle this problem, we make use of the multichannel coherent single data set algorithm which removes the need for any training data, thus alleviating the problem of clutter heterogeneity. The algorithm performance is compared with traditional adaptive matched filter approaches using a Monte Carlo simulation with synthetic targets injected into a real multichannel data set.
ISSN:2576-2303
DOI:10.1109/IEEECONF44664.2019.9048948