Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar

Autorentext

George W. Stimson was the author of Introduction to Airborne Radar (1st and 2nd editions) and served as an engineer on Southern California Edison's frequency-change project before being hired by Hughes Aircraft Company. Working closely with the company's top designers, Stimson observed first-hand the fascinating evolution of airborne radar and with the help from Hughes engineers updated the first edition with 11 new chapters.

Klappentext

Greatly expanded from the best-selling second edition by George W.Stimson, this book offers a complete overview of the major developments in air and spaceborne radar in line with advances in modern technology.

Inhalt

• Part I: Overview of Airborne Radar
• Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
• Chapter 2: Approaches to Implementation
• Chapter 3: Representative Applications
• Part II: Essential Groundwork
• Chapter 4: Radio Waves and Alternating Current Signals
• Chapter 5: A Nonmathematical Approach to Radar
• Chapter 6: Preparatory Math for Radar
• Part III: Fundamentals of Radar
• Chapter 7: Choice of Radio Frequency
• Chapter 8: Directivity and the Antenna Beam
• Chapter 9: Electronically Scanned Array Antennas
• Chapter 10: Electronically Scanned Array Design
• Chapter 11: Pulsed Operation
• Chapter 12: Detection Range
• Chapter 13: The Range Equation: What It Does and Doesn't Tell Us
• Chapter 14: Radar Receivers and Digitization
• Chapter 15: Measuring Range and Resolving in Range
• Chapter 16: Pulse Compression and High-Resolution Radar
• Chapter 17: Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave Ranging
• Part IV: Pulse Doppler Radar
• Chapter 18: The Doppler Effect
• Chapter 19: The Spectrum of a Pulsed Signal
• Chapter 20: The Pulsed Spectrum Unveiled
• Chapter 21: Doppler Sensing and Digital Filtering
• Chapter 22: Measuring Range-Rate
• Part V: Clutter
• Chapter 23: Sources and Spectra of Ground Return
• Chapter 24: Effect of Range and Doppler Ambiguities on Ground Clutter
• Chapter 25: Representing Clutter
• Chapter 26: Separating Ground Moving Targets from Clutter
• Part VI: Air-to-Air Operation
• Chapter 27: PRF and Ambiguities
• Chapter 28: Low PRF Operation
• Chapter 29: Medium PRF Operation
• Chapter 30: High PRF Operation
• Chapter 31: Automatic Tracking
• Part VII: Imaging Radar
• Chapter 32: Radar and Resolution
• Chapter 33: Imaging Methods
• Chapter 34: SAR Image Formation and Processing
• Chapter 35: SAR System Design
• Part VIII Radar and Electronic Warfare
• Chapter 36: Electronic Warfare Terms and Concepts
• Chapter 37: Electronic Warfare Support
• Chapter 38: Electronic Attack
• Chapter 39: Electronic Protection
• Chapter 40: Decoys
• Chapter 41: Low Probability of Intercept (LPI)
• Part IX: Special Topics and Advanced Concepts
• Chapter 42: Antenna Radar Cross Section Reduction
• Chapter 43: Advanced Processor Architectures
• Chapter 44: Bistatic Radar
• Chapter 45: Distributed Radar and MIMO Radar
• Chapter 46: Radar Waveforms: Advanced Concepts
• Chapter 47: Target Classification
• Chapter 48: Emerging Radar Trends
• Part X: Representative Radar Systems
• Chapter 49: Airborne Early Warning and Control
• Chapter 50: Reconnaissance & Surveillance
• Chapter 51: Space Based Radar Systems
• Chapter 52: Fighter & Attack