Flight altitude estimation via calculation of spectral moments of the beat signal

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Authors: Nesterov M. Yu., Muhin V. V., Makrushin A. P.

Annotation: The paper presents a new method of FMCW radar altimetry. Current altitude is estimated via calculation of twostage algorithm. The paper also provides experimental results that prove better accuracy of the method in comparison with the traditional approach.

Keywords: radar altimetry, algoritm