Radar Essentials: A Concise Handbook for Radar Design and Performance Analysis

✍ Scribed by G. Richard Curry

• Publisher: SciTech Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 144
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

When you need vital data fast, turn to Radar Essentials. This compact yet comprehensive reference has compiled the most used principles, data, tables, and equations that are used by radar and aerospace system designers on a daily basis. Experts and non-experts alike will find this to be their go-to source for recalling and understanding the fundamentals and employing them in design and performance analysis. Inside and out, this book is designed for constant use. While the interior contains all the most critical information radar engineers need, the compact size (5x8), lay-flat binding, and sturdy cover material allow for portability, ease of use, and long life off the shelf.

✦ Table of Contents

Radar Essentials: A Concise Handbook for Radar Design and Performance Analysis......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1.1 Radar Concept and Operation......Page 10
1.2 Radar Functions......Page 11
1.3 Types of Radars......Page 12
1.4 Frequency Bands......Page 15
1.5 Military Nomenclature......Page 16
1.6 Radar Configurations......Page 18
2.1 Antennas......Page 21
2.2 Transmitters......Page 28
2.3 Receivers......Page 31
2.4 Transmit/Receive Modules......Page 35
2.5 Signal and Data Processing......Page 37
3.1 Radar Cross Section (RCS)......Page 40
3.2 Signal-to-Noise Ratio......Page 46
3.3 Detection......Page 51
3.4 Search......Page 63
3.5 Measurement......Page 68
3.6 Tracking......Page 74
4.1 Atmospheric Losses......Page 78
4.2 Rain Loss......Page 82
4.3 Atmospheric Refraction......Page 83
4.4 Terrain Masking and Multipath......Page 85
4.5 Radar Clutter......Page 88
4.6 Ionospheric Effects......Page 93
4.7 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)......Page 97
5.1 Waveforms......Page 104
5.2 Moving Target Indication (MTI) and Displaced Phase-Center Array (DPCA)......Page 109
5.3 Pulse Doppler and Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP)......Page 111
5.4 Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR)......Page 115
5.5 Classification, Discrimination, and Target Identification......Page 117
6.1 Units and Conversion Factors......Page 122
6.2 Constants......Page 123
6.3 Decibels......Page 124
Symbols......Page 127
Glossary......Page 132
References......Page 134
Index......Page 138

✦ Subjects

Приборостроение;Радиолокация;