Millimeter-Wave And Infrared Multisensor Design And Signal Processing / Edition 1

by Lawrence A. Klein

Overview

Here's a practical, non-theoretical introduction to the principles, applications and benefits of multi-sensor technology used in smart weapon development, surveillance systems, and an increasing variety of non-military applications. This book provides a broad overview of MMW (millimeter-wave) and IR (infrared) sensor constraints, design principles, system alternatives and targeting applications, and is unique in its coverage of integrated MMW and IR multisensor design.

Drawing on extensive professional experience in the design of fire-and-forget weapon systems, the author describes the operation, tradeoffs, clutter scenarios, performance measures, and signal processing techniques applicable to passive and active MMW and IR sensors. You learn how target detection, even in high-clutter background, and identification of atmospheric and land-based features can be greatly enhanced by combining data from selected multiple sensors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890067642
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/31/1997
Series:	The Artech House Radar Library
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.13(d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Multiple-Sensor System Benefits, Architectures, and Component Properties. Effects of the Atmosphere and Obscurants on Millimeter-Wave and Infrared Sensors. Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensors. Processing of Intermediate Frequency Data in an FMCW Radar. Passive Millimeter-Wave Sensors. Passive Infrared Sensors. Laser Radar. Windows and Domes for Dual-Wavelength MMW and IR Sensors. Millimeter-Wave/Infrared Dual-Sensor Design.

Editorial Reviews

Developed from a course describing advances sensors for smart weapons and other modern defense applications, but here broadened to include applications in space-borne sensors for Earth resource monitoring and weather forecasting, and for managing vehicle traffic. As factors important to detecting military targets and other observables under such conditions as high clutter, inclement weather, and countermeasures, discusses passive and active sensor operation, atmospheric and weather effects, detection theory, clutter decorrelation, measures of optical image quality, signal processing algorithms, and fusing multispectral and hyperspectral data. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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