1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009387740403321

Autore

Farley, Jim

Titolo

Java enterprise in a Nutshell / Jim Farley, William Crawford ; Pratash Malani, John G. Norman, Justin Gehtland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sebastopol, Ca. : O' Reilly, @2006

ISBN

978-0-596-10142-8

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 871 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Crawford, William

Disciplina

005.133

Locazione

SC1

Collocazione

005.133-FAR-1

005.133-FAR-1A

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911004807103321

Autore

Briggs John N

Titolo

Target detection by marine radar / / John N. Briggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stevenage, Herts., UK, : Institution of Electrical Engineers, c2004

ISBN

1-282-01013-1

9786612010132

1-59124-898-1

1-84919-082-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (702 p.)

Collana

IEE radar, sonar, navigation, and avionics series ; ; 16

Disciplina

623.8933

Soggetti

Radar in navigation

Tracking radar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The system and the transmitter; 3 Radar receiver; 4 Echo strength in free space; 5 Environmental effects on propagation; 6 Multipath of point targets; 7 Passive point targets; 8 Active targets; 9 Multipath factor of extended targets; 10 Extended target reflections;  ships and coasts; 11 Noise, clutter and interference; 12 Detection; 13 Accuracy of position and track; 14 Spreadsheet calculations; 15 Worked examples; 16 Future possibilities; A1 Glossary; A2 Statistics details; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Radar is a legal necessity for the safe navigation of merchant ships and, within vessel traffic services, is indispensable to the operation of major ports and harbours. Target Detection by Marine Radar concentrates solely on civil marine operations and explains how civil surveillance radars detect their targets. There are numerous diagrams and worked examples to help the reader understand the principles underlying radar operation and to quantify the importance of factors such as technical features of specific equipment, the weather, and the ability of the operator. The accuracy with which targ