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Inspired by a sparse array with greater degrees of freedom and low mutual coupling, a height measurement method based on a sparse array is proposed. First, a practical signal model of MIMO radar based on a sparse array is established. Then, the modified multiple signal classification (MUSIC) and maximum likelihood (ML) estimation algorithms based on two classical sparse arrays (coprime array and nested array) are proposed. To reduce the complexity of the algorithm, a real-valued processing algorithm for generalized MUSIC (GMUSIC) and maximum likelihood is proposed, and a reduced dimension matrix is introduced into the real-valued processing algorithm to further reduce computation complexity. Finally, sufficient simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed technique. The simulation results show that the height measurement accuracy can be efficiently improved by using our proposed technique for both simple and complex terrain.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16224331","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,20]],"date-time":"2024-11-20T07:02:58Z","timestamp":1732086178000},"page":"4331","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Height Measurement for Meter-Wave MIMO Radar Based on Sparse Array Under Multipath Interference"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Cong","family":"Qin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"},{"name":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Weinan Normal University, Weinan 714099, China"},{"name":"Gradute College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}]},{"given":"Qin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}]},{"given":"Guimei","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}]},{"given":"Gangsheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"},{"name":"Gradute College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}]},{"given":"Shiqiang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2362","DOI":"10.1109\/JSTARS.2018.2835448","article-title":"Projection Techniques for Altitude Estimation Over Complex Multipath Condition-Based VHF Radar","volume":"11","author":"Liu","year":"2018","journal-title":"IEEE J. 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