Performance Of The Max Family Of Order-statistic Cfar Detectors

The MAX family of CFAR detectors is introduced as a generalization of the GO-CFAR, or MX-MLD. Members of the MAX family use local estimators based on order statistics and generate both a near and far range noise level estimate. Local estimates are always combined through a maximum operation; this insures false alarm control at clutter edges. At the same time, order statistic based estimators result in a high resolution detector. We provide a complete detection analysis for SWII targets and a reference channel contaminated by large outliers for the MAX family of detectors.