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Existing feature-based detection methods determine the presence or absence of a target based on whether the feature value is within the judgment region, generally focusing only on the distribution of features and making insufficient use of inter-feature chronological information. This paper uses the autoregressive (AR) model to model and predict the time sequence of radar echoes in the feature domain and takes the chronological information of historical frame features as the prior information to form new features for detection on this basis. A classification method for floating small targets based on the Doppler spectrum centroid sequence is proposed. By using the AR model to fit the Doppler spectrum centroid feature sequence of the target, the model coefficients are regarded as the secondary features for target identification. The measured data show that the correct classification and identification rate of this method for ship targets and floating small targets can reach over 92% by using 50 centroid features.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16030505","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,30]],"date-time":"2024-01-30T05:14:32Z","timestamp":1706591672000},"page":"505","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Floating Small Target Identification Method Based on Doppler Time Series Information"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Hengli","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Marine Target Detection Research Group, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 246001, China"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Ding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marine Target Detection Research Group, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 246001, China"}]},{"given":"Zheng","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marine Target Detection Research Group, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 246001, China"}]},{"given":"Ningbo","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marine Target Detection Research Group, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 246001, China"}]},{"given":"Guoqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marine Target Detection Research Group, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 246001, China"}]},{"given":"Zhaoxiang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"92116 Troop, PLA, Huludao 125000, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3298","DOI":"10.1109\/TGRS.2019.2953069","article-title":"Reweighted tensor factorization method for SAR narrowband and wideband interference mitigation using smoothing multiview tensor model","volume":"58","author":"Huang","year":"2019","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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