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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006596003321

Titolo

Principles of modern radar . Vol. I basic principles / / [edited by] Mark A. Richards, James A. Scheer, William A. Holm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Raleigh, NC : , : SciTech Pub., , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-61353-148-6

1-61344-155-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (962 p.)

Collana

Radar, Sonar, Navigation and Avionics

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Altri autori (Persone)

RichardsM. A <1952-> (Mark A.)

ScheerJim <1944->

HolmWilliam A

Disciplina

621.3848

Soggetti

Radar

Remote sensing

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

""Brief Contents""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Publisher Acknowledgments""; ""Editors and Contributors""; ""List of Acronyms""; ""List of Common Symbols""; ""Introduction and Radar Overview""; ""The Radar Range Equation""; ""Radar Search and Overview of Detection in Interference""; ""Propagation Effects and Mechanisms""; ""Characteristics of Clutter""; ""Target Reflectivity""; ""Target Fluctuation Models""; ""Doppler Phenomenology and Data Acquisition""; ""Radar Antennas""; ""Radar Transmitters""; ""Radar Receivers""; ""Radar Exciters""; ""The Radar Signal Processor""

""Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals for Radar""""Threshold Detection of Radar Targets""; ""Constant False Alarm Rate Detectors""; ""Doppler Processing""; ""Radar Measurements""; ""Radar Tracking Algorithms""; ""Fundamentals of Pulse Compression Waveforms""; ""An Overview of Radar Imaging""; ""Appendix A: Maxwell�s Equations and Decibel Notation""; ""Appendix B: Answers to Selected Problems""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive and modern textbook for courses in



radar systems and technology at the college senior and graduate student level; a professional training textbook for formal in-house courses for new hires; a reference for ongoing study following a radar short course; and a self-study and professional reference book.