Radar Signal Processing And Adaptive Systems

by Ramon Nitzberg

Overview

This revised edition provides an introduction to the capabilities and limitations of radar, as well as a detailed advanced study of key radar signal processing topics. It explains the concepts and theory of radar signal processing such as resolution, ambiguities, antennas, waveforms, the theory of detecting targets in noise and/or clutter, and tracking using data processing. It also presents equations for the determination of maximum radar range in free space and as affected by multipath and the horizon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580530347
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/31/1999
Series:	Radar Library Series
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Ramon Nitzberg is President of RAYN Associates in Fayetteville, New York, and worked previously as the Senior Consulting Engineer for Advanced Development Radar Engineering at General Electric. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, and is a member of the IEEE.

Table of Contents

Content Highlights: Radar System Fundamentals. Detection of Targets in Clutter. Transmit Waveforms. Waveforms and Matched Filtering. Fourier Transforms. The LFM Pulse. Very Wideband LFM Waveforms. Line Antenna. Planar Antenna. Linear Phased Array. Sidelobe Reduction Weighting. Target Detection in Noise. Target Detection in Clutter. Clutter Discriminants. Doppler Filtering Techniques. A/D Quantization Affects. Doppler Filter Banks. Sidelobe Canceller (SLC). Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) Processor. Clutter Map CFAR. Multiple Sidelobe Cancellers. Signal-To-Interference-Plus-Ratio Maximization. Super-Resolution. Array Angle Resolution. The BURG Algorithm. Polarization Rejection of Clutter. Reflective Wave Polarization.

Editorial Reviews

Begins with a general introduction to radar signal processing that requires only a standard engineering mathematics background. Then advances to such topics as waveforms and matched filtering, antennas, target detection in noise and in clutter, sidelobe cancelers, constant false alarm rate processors, multiple sidelobe cancelers, signal-to- interference plus noise ratio maximization, super-resolution, and the polarization rejection of clutter. Nitzberg has worked in radar signal processing for nearly half a century, primarily in military contexts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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