Ebook: Principles of Modern Radar, Volume I - Basic Principles

This book is a comprehensive and modern textbook for courses in radar systems and technology at the 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. The book focuses on four key areas, including basic, radar signal phenomenology, descriptions of all major subsystems of modern radars, and signal and data processing basics. While several established books address introductory radar systems, this book differs from these in its breadth of coverage, its emphasis on current methods (without losing sight of bedrock principles), and its adoption of an appropriate level of quantitative rigor for the intended audience of students and new professional hires.
Content:
Front Matter
• List of Acronyms
• List of Common Symbols
• Preface
• Table of Contents
•Part I. Overview
1. Introduction and Radar Overview
2. The Radar Range Equation
3. Radar Search and Overview of Detection in Interference
•Part II. External Factors
4. Propagation Effects and Mechanisms
5. Characteristics of Clutter
6. Target Reflectivity
7. Target Fluctuation Models
8. Doppler Phenomenology and Data Acquisition
•Part III. Subsystems
9. Radar Antennas
10. Radar Transmitters
11. Radar Receivers
12. Radar Exciters
13. The Radar Signal Processor
•Part IV. Signal and Data Processing
14. Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals for Radar
15. Threshold Detection of Radar Targets
16. Constant False Alarm Rate Detectors
17. Doppler Processing
18. Radar Measurements
19. Radar Tracking Algorithms
20. Fundamentals of Pulse Compression Waveforms
21. An Overview of Radar Imaging
Appendices
Index
• Fundamental Relations and Terminology
• Radar Phenomenology
• Signal Analysis and Processing
• Miscellaneous Relations