Fundamental principles of radar / Habib Rahman
- Author:
- Rahman, Habib
- Published:
- Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2019]
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 321 pages ; 26 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.1.Historical Notes -- 1.2.Elementary Electromagnetic Waves -- 1.3.Radar Principles -- 1.4.Basic Radar Block Diagram and Operation -- 1.5.Basic Elements of Radar System -- 1.6.Types of Radar Systems -- 1.6.1.Primary and Secondary Radar -- 1.6.2.Monostatic, Bistatic, and MIMO Radars -- 1.6.3.Search Radars -- 1.6.4.Tracking Radars -- 1.6.5.Classification by Frequency Band -- 1.6.6.Classification by Waveforms and Pulse Rates -- 1.6.7.Classification by Specific Applications -- Notes and References -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Detection -- 2.3.Range -- 2.3.1.Range Ambiguity -- 2.3.2.Range Resolution -- 2.4.Velocity Measurement -- 2.5.Target Location Measurement -- 2.6.Signature Reflectivity and Imaging -- Problems -- 3.1.The Radar Equations: An Introduction -- 3.2.The Pulse Radar Equation -- 3.2.1.SNR in Low PRF Radars -- 3.2.2.SNR in High PRF Radars -- 3.3.The Search Radar Equation -- 3.4.The Tracking Radar Equation -- 3.5.The Bistatic Radar Equation -- 3.6.The Radar Equation with Pulse Compression -- 3.7.Radar Equation with Jamming -- 3.7.1.Self-Screening Jamming (SSJ) -- 3.7.2.Stand-Off Jamming (SOJ) -- 3.8.The Beacon Radar Equation -- Problems -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Radar Cross Section (RCS) -- 4.2.1.RCS of Sphere -- 4.2.2.RCS of Cylinder -- 4.2.3.RCS of Planar Surfaces -- 4.2.4.RCS of Corner Reflectors -- 4.2.5.RCS of a Dipole -- 4.2.6.RCS of Complex Objects -- 4.3.RCS Fluctuations and Statistical Models -- 4.4.Radar Clutter -- 4.4.1.Surface Clutter -- 4.4.2.Volume Clutter -- 4.4.3.Point (Discrete) Clutters -- 4.5.Clutter Statistical Distributions -- 4.6.Clutter Spectrum -- 4.7.Radar Receiver Noise -- 4.7.1.Noise Factor and Effective Temperature of a System -- 4.7.2.Noise Temperature of Absorptive Network -- 4.7.3.Overall Effective Temperature of a Composite System -- 4.8.System Losses -- 4.8.1.Design Losses -- 4.8.2.Operational Losses -- 4.8.3.Propagation Losses -- Problems -- References -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Reflection Effects due to Multipath Phenomena -- 5.2.1.Reflection from a Plane Flat Earth -- 5.2.2.Reflection from a Smooth Spherical Earth -- 5.3.Refraction of EM Waves -- 5.3.1.Four-Thirds Earth Model -- 5.3.2.Anomalous Propagation -- 5.4.Diffraction of EM Wave -- 5.5.Attenuation by Atmospheric Gases -- 5.6.Ionospheric Attenuation -- Problems -- References -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Unmodulated Continuous Wave (CW) Radar -- 6.2.1.Homodyne Receiver -- 6.2.2.Doppler Shift and Range Rate -- 6.2.3.Superheterodyne Receiver -- 6.2.4.Sign of the Radial Velocity -- 6.3.Frequency Modulated CW Radars -- 6.3.1.Linear Frequency-Modulated CW Radars -- 6.3.2.Sinusoidal Frequency-Modulated CW Radars -- 6.4.Multiple-Frequency CW Radar -- 6.5.Phase-Modulated CW Radar -- Problems -- References -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Description of Operation -- 7.3.Single Delay-Line Canceler -- 7.4.Double Delay-Line Canceler -- 7.5.MTI Recursive Filter -- 7.6.MTI Nonrecursive Filter -- 7.7.Staggered Pulse Repetition Frequencies -- 7.8.Pulse Doppler Radar -- 7.9.Range and Doppler Ambiguities -- 7.9.1.Resolution of Range Ambiguity -- 7.9.2.Resolution of Doppler Ambiguity -- Problems -- References -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.The Matched Filter -- 8.3.The Radar Ambiguity Function -- 8.4.Pulse Compression in Radars -- 8.5.Frequency Modulation in Pulse Compression -- 8.5.1.LFM in Pulse Compression -- 8.5.2.Frequency Stepping in Pulse Compression -- 8.5.3.Active Processing in LFM Pulse Compression -- 8.6.Phase-Coded Modulation in Pulse Compression -- 8.6.1.Barker Coding for Pulse Compression -- 8.6.2.Frank Coding for Pulse Compression -- Problems -- References -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.SAR History -- 9.3.SAR General Description -- 9.3.1.Resolution along the LOS Axis -- 9.3.2.Resolution along the XLOS Axis -- 9.4.SAR Signal Processing -- 9.5.Radar Equation of the SAR System -- 9.6.SAR System Design Consideration -- Problems -- References -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Range Tracking -- 10.3.Angle Tracking -- 10.3.1.Sequential Lobing -- 10.3.2.Conical-Scan Tracking -- 10.3.3.Monopulse Tracking Radar -- 10.4.Track-While-Scan (TWS) Radar -- 10.4.1.Target Prediction and Smoothing -- 10.4.2.The α-β Tracker -- 10.4.3.The α-β-γ Tracker (Kalman Filtering) -- Problems -- References -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.Fundamental Antenna Parameters -- 11.2.1.Radiation Pattern -- 11.2.2.Beamwidths -- 11.2.3.Directive Gain, Directivity and Effective Aperture Area -- 11.2.4.Power Gain and Antenna Efficiency -- 11.2.5.Polarization and Bandwidth -- 11.3.Aperture Antennas -- 11.3.1.Uniform Circular Aperture -- 11.3.2.Tapered Circular Aperture -- 11.3.3.Parabolic Reflector -- 11.4.Phased Array Antennas -- 11.4.1.The Array Factor of Linear Array -- 11.4.2.N-Element Linear Array -- 11.4.3.Planar Array -- 11.4.4.Circular Array -- 11.4.5.Conformal Array -- Problems -- References -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Derivation of Radar Heights -- 12.3.Height-Finding Radars -- 12.3.1.Nodding Height Finder -- 12.3.2.V-Beam Radars -- 12.3.3.Stacked-Beam Radar -- 12.3.4.Frequency Scanned Radars -- 12.3.5.Phased Array Height-Finding Radars -- 12.3.6.Digital Beamforming Height-Finding Radar -- 12.3.7.Interferometry Height-Finding Radar -- 12.4.Radar Altimeters -- 12.4.1.Beam-Limited Altimeter -- 12.4.2.Pulse-Limited Altimeter -- 12.4.3.SAR Altimeter -- References -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.Historical Backgrounds -- 13.3.Electronic Warfare Definitions -- 13.4.Effects of EW Elements -- 13.5.Electronic Support Measures (ESM) -- 13.6.Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) -- 13.6.1.Active ECM -- 13.6.2.Passive ECM -- 13.7.Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM) -- 13.7.1.Radar Parameter Management -- 13.7.2.Signal Processing Techniques -- 13.7.3.Radar Design Philosophy -- 13.7.4.Operational Doctrines -- References -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Historical Notes -- 14.3.Classification of OTHR Systems -- 14.3.1.Skywave OTHR System -- 14.3.2.Surface-Wave OTHR System -- 14.4.Ionospheric Effects on the OTHR System -- 14.5.Ray Path Trajectories -- 14.5.1.The Thin Layer Model -- 14.5.2.The Thick Layer Model -- 14.5.3.The Multiple Layers Model -- 14.6.Principles of OTHR Systems -- 14.6.1.OTHR Range Equation -- 14.6.2.OTHR Waveforms -- 14.6.3.Detection of Targets -- 14.7.Current OTHR Systems in Use -- References -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Principles of SSR -- 15.3.Deficiencies in SSR -- 15.4.Solutions to SSR Deficiencies -- 15.4.1.Improved Antennas -- 15.4.2.Monopulse Techniques -- 15.4.3.Sidelobe Suppressions in SSR -- 15.5.Range Performance in SSR -- 15.5.1.The Up-Link Range -- 15.5.2.The Down-Link Range -- References -- Appendix A: Review of Deterministic Signals -- A.1.Fourier Series -- Complex Exponential Series -- A.2.Fourier Transforms -- Appendix B: Review of Random Signals -- B.1.Probability Theory -- B.2.Random Variables, Distributions, and Densities -- B.3.Statistical Averages -- Moments -- Characteristic Function -- B.4.Random Processes -- Appendix C: Z-Transforms Table -- Table of Common z-Transforms -- Appendix D: Fourier Transforms Table -- Appendix E: Probability Density Functions -- Appendix F: Mathematical Formulas -- F.1.Trigonometric Identities -- F.2.Integrals -- F.3.Infinite Series Expansions -- References.
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- ISBN:
- 9781138387799 (hardback), 1138387797 (hardback), and 9780429279478 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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