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λ                       Wavelength; eigenvalue

               Λ                       Likelihood ratio

                                       Estimated mean
               θ                       Azimuth angle; phase; baseband transmitted signal phase
               θ(t)                    Phase modulation of waveform

                                       Non-baseband transmitted signal phase

               θ                       Vector of random phases
               θ 3                     3-dB azimuth beamwidth

               θ az                    Azimuth beamwidth
               θ el                    Elevation beamwidth

               θ nn                    Null-to-null azimuth beamwidth
               θ SAR                   Effective beamwidth of synthetic aperture radar

               θ t                     Target angle of arrival
               Θ                       Parameter to be estimated

               Θ                       Parameter vector to be estimated
                                       Estimate of Θ

                                       Estimate of Θ
               ρ = ζ exp[jψ] = ρ    I  Complex baseband reflectivity

                  + jρ Q
               ρ I                     Baseband reflectivity in-phase (I) component

               ρ Q                     Baseband reflectivity quadrature-phase (Q) component
               ρ , ρ fg                Normalized autocorrelation or cross-correlation function
                 f
               ρ'                      Effective baseband complex reflectivity

                                       Complex non-baseband reflectivity

                                       Non-baseband reflectivity in-phase (I) component

                                       Non-baseband reflectivity quadrature-phase (Q) component
                                       Cross-range averaged effective baseband complex
                                          reflectivity

                                       Range spatial spectrum (Fourier transform of  )
               σ = |ρ|  = ζ 2          Radar cross section (RCS)
                      2
               σ 0                     Area reflectivity

               σ h                     Surface roughness
                                       Variance of random variable x

                                       Precision of estimate
               Σ                       Diagonal matrix of clutter powers

               ζ                       Baseband reflectivity amplitude (ζ ≥ 0)
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