Air and Spaceborne Radar Systems: An Introduction

From the Publisher A practical tool on radar systems that will be of major help to technicians, student engineers and engineers working in industry and in radar research and development. The many users of radar as well as systems engineers and designers will also find it highly useful. Also of interest to pilots and flight engineers and military command personnel and military contractors. About the Author A practical tool on radar systems that will be of major help to technicians, student engineers and engineers working in industry and in radar research and development. The many users of radar as well as systems engineers and designers will also find it highly useful. Also of interest to pilots and flight engineers and military command personnel and military contractors. ""This introduction to the field of radar is intended for actual users of radar. It focuses on the history, main principles, functions, modes, properties and specific nature of modern airborne radar. The book examines radar's role within the system when carrying out is assigned missions, showing the possibilities of radar as well as its limitations. Finally, given the changing operational requirements and the potential opened up by modern technological developments, a concluding section describes how radar may evolve in the future. The authors review the current state of the main types of airborne and spaceborne radar systems, designed for specific missions as well as for the global environment of their host aircraft or satellites. They include numerous examples of the parameters of these radars. The emphasis in the book is not only on a particular radar technique, but equally on the main radar functions and missions. Even if a wide range of techniques are described in this book, the focus is on those which are connected to practical applications. art I ù General Principles The History and Basic Principles of Radar Initial Statements of OperationalRequirements The RADAR Equation Propagation Noise and Spurious Signals Detection of Point Targets Part II ù Target Detection and Tracking Clutter Cancellation Air-to-Air Detection Air Target Tracking Ground Target Detection and Tracking Maritime Target Detection and Tracking Electromagnetic Pollution Part III ù Ground Mapping and Imagery Ground Mapping Radar Imagery Synthetic Aperture Radar Synthetic Aperture Radar Specific Aspects Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) Other Observation Radars Part IV ù Principal Applications Radar Applications and Roles Design Overview Multifunction Radar Technological Aspects Part V ù Radars of the Future The Changing Target Operational Aspects Principal Limitations of Present-day Radars Electronically Steered Antennas Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Enhancement Conclusions List of Acronyms List of Symbols Bibliography About the Authors Index