Coherent radar processing in sea clutter environments, part 2: Adaptive normalised matched filter versus adaptive matched filter performance

McDonald, M.K.M.K.McDonaldCerutti-Maori, D.D.Cerutti-Maori2022-03-052022-03-052016https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/24852910.1109/TAES.2016.140898The maritime surveillance performance of the adaptive normalised matched filter (ANMF) detector structure against real multichannel, medium grazing angle, radar sea clutter data processed via space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is assessed and shown to exhibit constant false alarm rate (CFAR) performance characteristics which diverge from predictions over a large segment of the endo-clutter spectrum. The non-CFAR behaviour is linked to the existence of a two-component clutter model composed of contributions from Bragg and fast scattering mechanisms.en629Coherent radar processing in sea clutter environments, part 2: Adaptive normalised matched filter versus adaptive matched filter performancejournal article