Abstract
We consider the parameter estimation of the K-plus-noise distribution model of sea clutter intensity single-pulse observations with unknown thermal noise power. We propose two methods that yield comparable estimation accuracy to existing methods while improving computational cost for real-time processing. These methods iteratively integrate one-dimensional nonlinear curve fitting with integer and fractional intensity moment computations. We provide numerically computed Cramér-Rao lower bounds for the shape estimate as a bench mark for asymptotically unbiased estimators. Performance is demonstrated using simulations and two high-resolution sea echo reflectivity datasets.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 8882498 |
Pages (from-to) | 2340-2350 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2020 |
Keywords
- Curve fitting K-distribution plus noise
- parameter estimation
- sea clutter
- thermal noise power
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering