Radar Evaluation HandbookDavid Knox Barton, Charles Emerson Cook, Paul Charles Hamilton, ANRO Engineering, Inc This book describes the steps involved in the evaluation of radar design and performance without complicated math. Easily understood by both engineers and non-technical personnel, it contains a comprehensive discussion of the complex factors involved in the radar design process. |
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aircraft altitude amplifier amplitude antenna pattern aperture array Artech House attenuation average azimuth bandwidth beam beamwidth calculation chaff channel clutter coherent components compressed pulse coordinates coverage cross section delay density detectability factor detection range dipole doppler shift ECCM effective elements elevation angle envelope detector error evaluation false alarm false targets feed frequency function gain glint illumination input integration jammer jamming linear FM lobe m-sequence matched filter measurement modulation monopulse multipath normally parameters peak phase shifter polarization processing propagation pulse compression pulse width radar antenna radar cross section radar equation radar receiver radar system radiation range gate reflectivity reflector reflector antenna resolution response resulting samples scan search radar equation shown in Figure sidelobe levels sidelobes signal processor simulation spectrum step-FM subsystem surface target signal techniques thermal noise tracking radar transmitted typical velocity voltage waveform wavelength