Tracking refractivity from radar clutter using particle filter

Abstract

Particle filter(PF) is an effective algorithm for the state recursive estimation in nonlinear and non-Gaussian dynamic systems by utilizing the Monte Carlo simulation, and it is applicable for solving the nonlinear and non-Gaussian RFC(refractivity from radar clutter) problems. The basic idea and the specific algorithm of PF are introduced; the implementation of the iterative inversion algorithm is derived finally. The experimental result indicates that the particle filter is suited to solve the nonlinear inversion problem and can effectively increase the stability and the accuracy of inversion results compared with the extended Kalman filter (EKF) and the unscented kalman filter (UKF).