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False-Alarm Regulation in Log-Normal and Weibull Clutter 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Automatic detection radars require some method of adapting to variations in the background clutter in order to control their false-alarm rate. Conventional cell-averaging techniques designed to maintain a constant false-alarm rate in Rayleigh clutter will fail to control the false-alarm rate in more severe clutter environments such as log-normal or Weibull clutter. A processor is described which is capable of maintaining false-alarm regulation in log-normal clutter and in Weibull clutter (and, under certain conditions, over the entire family of log-normal and Weibull distributions). 相似文献
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Multistage partially adaptive STAP CFAR detection algorithm 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Goldstein J.S. Reed I.S. Zulch P.A. 《IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems》1999,35(2):645-661
A new method of partially adaptive constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) detection is introduced. The processor implements a novel sequence of orthogonal subspace projections to decompose the Wiener solution in terms of the cross-correlation observed at each stage. The performance is evaluated using the general framework of space-time adaptive processing (STAP) for the cases of both known and unknown covariance. It is demonstrated that this new approach to partially adaptive STAP outperforms the more complex eigen-analysis approaches using both simulated DARPA Mountain Top data and true pulse-Doppler radar data collected by the MCARM radar 相似文献
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O. Moullard R.G. Marsden T.R. Sanderson C. Tranquille R.J. Forsyth B.E. Goldstein 《Space Science Reviews》2001,97(1-4):289-292
We present and compare observations of energetic protons during the two first transits of the Ulysses spacecraft from low to high latitudes in the southern heliosphere. Protons in the energy range 1.8–3.8 MeV from the COSPIN
experiment are studied for global trends and in relation to some ambient structures in the solar wind (corotating interaction
region, forward/reverse shock). The global trends show the large dependence on the heliospheric condition and solar activity,
including indications of a larger ambient particle population during the rising phase of solar activity and more efficient
solar wind particle accelerators during the declining phase. More enhancements in the proton flux intensity are time associated
with forward shocks than reverse contrary to first pass. Recurrent structures are found even during the second transit. Some
latitude dependent periodicities are observed that could relate to the differential solar rotation.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Reduced-rank STAP performance analysis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Peckham C.D. Haimovich A.M. Ayoub T.F. Goldstein J.S. Reid I.S. 《IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems》2000,36(2):664-676
The space-time radar problem is well suited to the application of techniques that take advantage of the low-rank property of the space-time covariance matrix. It is shown that reduced-rank (RR) methods outperform full-rank space-time adaptive processing (STAP) when the space-time covariance matrix is estimated from a data set with limited support. The utility of RR methods is demonstrated by theoretical analysis, simulations and analysis of real data. It is shown that RR processing has two opposite effects on the performance: increased statistical stability which tends to improve performance, and introduction of a bias which lowers the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). A method for evaluating the theoretical conditioned SNR for fixed RR transforms is also presented. It Is shown that while best performance is obtained using data-dependent transforms, the loss incurred by the application of fixed transforms (such as the discrete cosine transform) may be relatively small. The main advantage of fixed transforms is the availability of efficient computational procedures for their implementation. These findings suggest that RR methods could facilitate the development of practical, real-time STAP technology 相似文献
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R. Goldstein S. Nikzad M. Davis R. Frahm D. Slater T.J. Jones 《Advances in Space Research (includes Cospar's Information Bulletin, Space Research Today)》2011
We report the measurements of the response of a delta-doped Charge Coupled Device (CCD) in imaging mode to beams of charged and neutral particles. That is, the detector imaged the incident beam over its 1024 × 1024 pixels, integrating the number of particles counted in each pixel during the exposure period. In order to count individual particles the exposure time would have had to be reduced considerably compared to the typical ?5 s used in these studies. Our CCD thus operated in a different manner than do conventional particle detectors such as the CEM and MCP that normally are used in a particle counting mode. The measurements were carried out over an energy range from 0.8 to 30 keV. The species investigated include H, H+, He+, N+, N2+, and Ar+. The energy and ion mass covered wider ranges than previous measurements for the CCD. The results of these measurements show, as in the case of the previous measurement, for a given ion the CCD response increases with energy and for a given particle energy the response decreases with increasing mass of the particle. These results are in agreement with predictions of the theory of the range of ions in solids. The results also show the possibility for the application of the delta doped CCD as a detector for low energy particle measurements for space plasma physics applications. 相似文献
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Hiroshi Matsui John C. Foster Donald L. Carpenter Iannis Dandouras Fabien Darrouzet Johan De Keyser Dennis L. Gallagher Jerry Goldstein Pamela A. Puhl-Quinn Claire Vallat 《Space Science Reviews》2009,145(1-2):107-135
The electric field and magnetic field are basic quantities in the plasmasphere measured since the 1960s. In this review, we first recall conventional wisdom and remaining problems from ground-based whistler measurements. Then we show scientific results from Cluster and Image, which are specifically made possible by newly introduced features on these spacecraft, as follows. 1. In situ electric field measurements using artificial electron beams are successfully used to identify electric fields originating from various sources. 2. Global electric fields are derived from sequences of plasmaspheric images, revealing how the inner magnetospheric electric field responds to the southward interplanetary magnetic fields and storms/substorms. 3. Understanding of sub-auroral polarization stream (SAPS) or sub-auroral ion drifts (SAID) are advanced through analysis of a combination of magnetospheric and ionospheric measurements from Cluster, Image, and DMSP. 4. Data from multiple spacecraft have been used to estimate magnetic gradients for the first time. 相似文献
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Viviane Pierrard Jerry Goldstein Nicolas André Vania K. Jordanova Galina A. Kotova Joseph F. Lemaire Mike W. Liemohn Hiroshi Matsui 《Space Science Reviews》2009,145(1-2):193-229
We describe recent progress in physics-based models of the plasmasphere using the fluid and the kinetic approaches. Global modeling of the dynamics and influence of the plasmasphere is presented. Results from global plasmasphere simulations are used to understand and quantify (i) the electric potential pattern and evolution during geomagnetic storms, and (ii) the influence of the plasmasphere on the excitation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves and precipitation of energetic ions in the inner magnetosphere. The interactions of the plasmasphere with the ionosphere and the other regions of the magnetosphere are pointed out. We show the results of simulations for the formation of the plasmapause and discuss the influence of plasmaspheric wind and of ultra low frequency (ULF) waves for transport of plasmaspheric material. Theoretical models used to describe the electric field and plasma distribution in the plasmasphere are presented. Model predictions are compared to recent Cluster and Image observations, but also to results of earlier models and satellite observations. 相似文献
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The European Space Agency's Cluster programme is designed to study the small-scale spatial and temporal characteristics of the magnetospheric and near-Earth solar wind plasma. The programme is composed of four identical spacecraft which will be able to make physical measurements in three dimensions. The relative distance between the four spacecraft will be varied between 200 and 18000 km during the course of the mission. This paper provides a general overview of the scientific objectives, the configuration and the orbit of the four spacecraft and the relation of Cluster to other missions. 相似文献
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ACTIVE SPACECRAFT POTENTIAL CONTROL 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
W. Riedler K. Torkar F. RÜDENAUER M. Fehringer A. Pedersen R. Schmidt R. J. L. Grard H. Arends B. T. Narheim J. Troim R. Torbert R. C. Olsen E. Whipple R. Goldstein N. Valavanoglou HUA Zhao 《Space Science Reviews》1997,79(1-2):271-302
Charging of the outer surface or of the entire structure of a spacecraft in orbit can have a severe impact on the scientific output of the instruments. Typical floating potentials for magnetospheric satellites (from +1 to several tens of volts in sunlight) make it practically impossible to measure the cold (several eV) component of the ambient plasma. Effects of spacecraft charging are reduced by an entirely conductive surface of the spacecraft and by active charge neutralisation, which in the case of Cluster only deals with a positive potential. The Cluster spacecraft are instrumented with ion emitters of the liquid-metal ion-source type, which will produce indium ions at 5 to 8 keV energy. The operating principle is field evaporation of indium in the apex field of a needle. The advantages are low power consumption, compactness and high mass efficiency. The ion current will be adjusted in a feedback loop with instruments measuring the spacecraft potential (EFW and PEACE). A stand-alone mode is also foreseen as a back-up. The design and principles of the operation of the active spacecraft potential control instrument (ASPOC) are presented in detail. Flight experience with a similar instrument on the Geotail spacecraft is outlined. 相似文献
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