Radar Systems, Peak Detection and Tracking

✍ Scribed by Kolawole PhD, Michael

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 398
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As well as being fully up-to-date, this book provides wider subject coverage than many other radar books. The inclusion of a chapter on Skywave Radar, and full consideration of HF/OTH issues makes this book especially relevant for communications engineers and the defense sector:

• Explains key theory and mathematics from square one, using case studies where relevant.
• Designed so that mathematical sections can be skipped with no loss of continuity by those needing only a qualitative understanding.
• Theoretical content, presented alongside applications, and working examples, make the book suitable to students or others new to the subject as well as a professional reference.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
•Part I. Radar Systems 1. Essential Relational Functions
2. Understanding Radar Fundamentals
3. Antenna Physics and Radar Measurements
4. Antenna Arrays
5. The Radar Equations
•Part II. Ionosphere and HF Skywave Radar 6. The Ionosphere and Its Effect on HF Skywave Propagation
7. Skywave Radar
•Part III. Peak Detection and Background Theories 8. Probability Theory and Distribution Functions
9. Decision Theory
10. Signal-Peak Detection
•Part IV. Estimation and Tracking 11. Parameter Estimation and Filtering
12. Tracking
• References
• Glossary
Index