Radar System Performance Modeling (2nd ed.)

Turn to this expanded second edition of an Artech House bestseller for the most current and comprehensive coverage of radar system performance analysis and system-level modeling. This revised edition features new material on airborne and space-based radar, radar tracking techniques, radar system design, and operational and performance issues. It also provides new detailed examples, problem sets and solutions, and a comprehensive self-test to evaluate your understanding.

Featuring over 255 equations and more than 120 illustrations, this systematicreference offers you a clear understanding of the basics of radar design, operation and applications,including radar configurations, radar parameters, radar waveformcharacteristics, and functional radar models and their softwarerepresentations. It provides you with fully developed models for radardetection, search modes, measurement and tracking, environmental effects,countermeasures and counter-countermeasures, and airborne and space-basedradar. A final section includes examples that combine the various radar modelstogether to solve practical radar problems.

CD-ROMIncluded!Features custom radar functions and equations that let you calculate the radarperformance parameters covered by the book in Excel worksheets.

Contents:

Introduction- ThisBook and How to Use It. Concept of Radar Operation. Radar Applications andFunctions. Functional Models. Custom Radar Functions. Sources for FurtherInformation. Problems.

RadarConfigurations - RadarBasing. Frequency Bands. Antenna Types. Waveform Types. Signal ProcessingTechniques. Monostatic and Bistatic Radar. Sources for Further Information.Problems.

RadarAnalysis Parameters - Transmitter. Antennas. Phased-Array Antennas. Receiver andSignal Processor. Target Radar Cross Section. Sources for Further Information.Problems.

RadarWaveforms - WaveformCharacteristics. CW Pulses. Linear FM Pulses. Phase-Coded Pulses. Pulse-BurstWaveforms. Multiple-Time Around Returns. Radial-Velocity Ambiguities. Sources for Further Information. Problems.

The RadarEquation - RadarRange Equation. Parameter Definition in the Radar Equation. Reference Range.Pulse Integration. Minimum Range Constraint. Sources for Further Information.Problems. VBA Software Functions for the Radar Equation.

RadarDetection - TheDetection Process. False Alarms. Detection Using a Single Pulse or CoherentDwell. Detection Using Noncoherent Integration. Cumulative Detection. Sourcesfor Further Information. Problems. VBA Software Functions for Radar Detection.

RadarSearch Modes - The Search Equation. Rotating Search Radars.Volume Search with Phased-Array Radars. Cued Search. Horizon Search withPhased-Array Radars. Horizon Search with Dish Radars. Sources for FurtherInformation. Problems. VBA Software Functions for Radar Search Modes.

RadarMeasurement and Tracking - Range Measurement Accuracy. Angular Measurement Accuracy.Velocity Measurement Accuracy. Measurement of Target Features. Multi-RadarMeasurements. Measurement Smoothing and Tracking. Radar Tracking Techniques.Sources for Further Information. Problems. VBA Software Functions for RadarMeasurement and Tracking.

Environmentand Mitigation Techniques - Terrain and Sea-SurfaceEffects. Precipitation Effects. Troposphere Effects. Ionosphere Effects.Sources for Further Information. Problems. VBA Software Functions forEnvironment and Mitigation Effects.

RadarCountermeasures and Counter-Countermeasures - Radar CountermeasureSummary. Mainlobe Jamming. Sidelobe Jamming. Volume Chaff. Decoy Discrimination. Sources for Further Information. Problems.VBA Software Functions for Radar Countermeasures and Counter-Countermeasures.

Airborneand Space-Based Radar Issues - Radar Configurations. ClutterCharacteristics. Pulse-Doppler Processing. Displaced Phase Center Arrays(DPCA). Space-Time AdaptiveProcessing (STAP).Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR).Sources for Further Information. Problems.VBA Software Functions for Airborne and Space-Based Radar.

RadarPerformance Modeling Techniques and Examples - Methodology. False-Alarm ProbabilityOptimization. Cumulative Detection Over Long Periods. Cued Search Using a DishRadar. Composite Measurement Errors. Detection in Jamming, Chaff and Noise.Sources for Further Research. Problems.

Appendixes- Listof Symbols. Glossary. Custom Radar Software Functions. Unit Conversions.Answers to Problems. Self-Test.

G. Richard Curry isa consultant in radar systems applications with nearly 50 years of experiencein radar system analysis and design and military R&D planning, technologyassessment, and management. His career has included positions with ScienceApplications International Corporation, General Research Corporation, Raytheon,and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He received his M.S. in electrical engineering fromMIT.