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Sparse Bayesian learning algorithms have received considerable attention for their remarkable and reliable performance. Its implementation in large-scale radar systems is however hindered by the overwhelming computational load and slow convergence speed. This paper aims to address these drawbacks by proposing an improved iterative reweighted sparse Bayesian learning algorithm based on expansion-compression variance-components (ExCoV-IIR-MSBL). Firstly, a modified Bayesian probabilistic model for SR-STAP is introduced. Exploiting the intrinsic sparsity prior of the clutter, we divide the space-time coefficients into two parts: the significant part with nontrivial coefficients and the irrelevant part with small or zero coefficients. Meanwhile, we only assign independent hyperparameters to the coefficients in the significant part, while the remaining coefficients share a common hyperparameter. Then the generalized maximum likelihood (GML) criterion is adopted to classify the coefficients, ensuring both accuracy and efficiency. Hence, the parameter space in Bayesian inference will be significantly reduced, and the computational efficiency can be considerably promoted. Both theoretical analysis and numerical experiments validate that the proposed algorithm achieves superior performance with considerably improved computational efficiency in sample shortage scenarios.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15010130","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,27]],"date-time":"2022-12-27T02:53:11Z","timestamp":1672109591000},"page":"130","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["An Improved Iterative Reweighted STAP Algorithm for Airborne Radar"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4442-6858","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weichen","family":"Cui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Tong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Degen","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Cheng","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1109\/TAES.1973.309792","article-title":"Theory of Adaptive Radar","volume":"9","author":"Brennan","year":"1973","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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