| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 133 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Radar Basics -- 1.1. Radar Concept and Operation -- 1.2. Radar Functions -- 1.3. Types of Radars -- 1.4. Frequency Bands -- 1.5. Military Nomenclature -- 1.6. Radar Configurations -- 2. Radar Subsystems -- 2.1. Antennas -- 2.2. Transmitters -- 2.3. Receivers -- 2.4. Transmit/Receive Modules -- 2.5. Signal and Data Processing -- 3. Radar Performance -- 3.1. Radar Cross Section (RCS) -- 3.2. Signal-to-Noise Ratio -- 3.3. Detection -- 3.4. Search -- 3.5. Measurement -- 3.6. Tracking -- 4. Radar Environment -- 4.1. Atmospheric Losses -- 4.2. Rain Loss -- 4.3. Atmospheric Refraction -- 4.4. Terrain Masking and Multipath -- 4.5. Radar Clutter -- 4.6. Ionospheric Effects -- 4.7. Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) -- 5. Radar Techniques -- 5.1. Waveforms -- 5.2. Moving Target Indication (MTI) and Displaced Phase-Center Array (DPCA) -- 5.3. Pulse Doppler and Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) -- 5.4. Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) -- 5.5. Classification, Discrimination, and Target Identification -- 6.Computation Aids -- 6.1. Units and Conversion Factors -- 6.2. Constants -- 6.3. Decibels. |
| Summary |
This contains basic principles of radar design and analysis, characteristics of the major radar components, key radar equations, and tables and charts with the most-used radar performance data. The reader can go directly to the topic of interest, where references are provided to other helpful sections. It is intended as a reference for radar and aerospace engineers and system analysts, and provides a handy desktop source as well as an essential traveling companion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Radar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Radar. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
Radar -- Design and construction.
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Radar -- Evaluation.
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Radar -- Evaluation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Curry, G. Richard. Radar essentials. Raleigh, NC : Scitech Pub. Inc. c2012 9781613530078 (OCoLC)730403637 |
| ISBN |
9781613531563 (electronic book) |
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1613531567 (electronic book) |
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9781613530078 |
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1613530072 |
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