Preface |
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Author Acknowledgements |
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Publisher Acknowledgements |
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1 Historical Justification for Pulse Doppler Radar |
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2 Radar Detection Performance |
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2.1 Noise-Limited Radar Range Equation |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (4) |
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2.3 Minimum Detectable Signal, Smin |
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14 | (2) |
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2.4 Processing Gain via Pulse Integration |
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16 | (4) |
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20 | (5) |
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25 | (18) |
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3.1 Introduction to Pulse Parameters |
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25 | (1) |
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3.2 Peak and Average Power |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (1) |
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3.5 Spectrum of Pulsed Radar |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (5) |
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43 | (12) |
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43 | (3) |
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4.2 Doppler Discrimination |
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46 | (1) |
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4.3 Platform Motion Compensation |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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4.5 Continuous Wave Radar |
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49 | (3) |
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4.6 Application to Pulsed Radar |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (6) |
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55 | (5) |
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5.2 Peak and Integrated Sidelobe Levels |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (28) |
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61 | (1) |
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6.2 Backscatter Coefficient |
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62 | (5) |
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6.3 Statistical Models of Clutter |
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67 | (7) |
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6.4 Clutter for an Airborne Radar |
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74 | (5) |
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6.5 Clutter Decorrelation |
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79 | (2) |
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6.6 Low Pulse Repetition Frequency Radar Response to Clutter |
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81 | (1) |
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6.7 Clutter-Limited Detection Range |
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82 | (3) |
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6.8 Clutter for a Surface-Based Radar |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (3) |
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7 Pulse Doppler Processing |
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89 | (42) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (14) |
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104 | (15) |
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7.4 Constant False Alarm Rate Detection |
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119 | (12) |
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131 | (68) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (23) |
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8.3 Frequency Synthesizers |
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155 | (6) |
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161 | (17) |
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8.5 Radar Antennas and Arrays |
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178 | (16) |
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194 | (5) |
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PART IIA High Pulse Repetition Frequency Pulse Doppler Radar |
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9 High Pulse Repetition Frequency Pulse Doppler Radar |
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199 | (28) |
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199 | (2) |
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9.2 PRF Selection for Unambiguous Doppler/Velocity |
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201 | (7) |
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9.3 Timing Aspects of High PRF |
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208 | (6) |
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9.4 High PRF Radar Response to Clutter |
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214 | (8) |
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9.5 Surface-Based High PRF Radars |
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222 | (3) |
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9.6 Summary of the Characteristics of High PRF |
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225 | (2) |
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10 Frequency Modulation Ranging in High PRF |
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227 | (22) |
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10.1 Frequency Modulation Ranging in Continuous Wave Systems |
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227 | (11) |
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10.2 FM Ranging in Pulsed Systems |
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238 | (8) |
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246 | (3) |
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PART IIB Medium Pulse Repetition Frequency Pulse Doppler Radar |
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11 Introduction to Medium Pulse Repetition Frequency Radar |
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249 | (16) |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (4) |
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11.3 Medium PRF Radar Response to Surface Clutter |
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255 | (7) |
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11.4 Blindness in Medium PRF Radar |
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262 | (1) |
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11.5 Multiple PRF Schedules |
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263 | (2) |
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12 Factors Affecting the Choice of PRFs |
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265 | (42) |
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265 | (11) |
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276 | (6) |
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282 | (3) |
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285 | (12) |
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12.5 Additional Techniques to Combat Ghosting |
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297 | (10) |
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13 Medium Pulse Repetition Frequency Schedule Design |
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307 | (16) |
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13.1 Selection of M and N |
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307 | (3) |
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13.2 Comparison between Schedules |
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310 | (8) |
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13.3 Other Waveform Design Issues |
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318 | (5) |
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323 | (16) |
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14.1 Noise-Limited Detection |
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323 | (8) |
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14.2 Clutter-Limited Detection |
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331 | (8) |
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15 Methods of Pulse Repetition Frequency Selection |
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339 | (24) |
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15.1 A Brief Review of the Pulse Repetition Frequency Selection Requirements |
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339 | (1) |
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15.2 PRF Selection for Maximum Visibility |
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340 | (1) |
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15.3 Major-Minor Method of PRF Selection |
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341 | (3) |
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15.4 M:N Method of PRF Selection |
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344 | (2) |
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346 | (2) |
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15.6 PRF Selection Using a Neural Network |
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348 | (1) |
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15.7 PRF Selection Using Evolutionary Algorithms |
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348 | (8) |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (6) |
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16 Airborne Fire Control Radar |
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363 | (8) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (3) |
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367 | (4) |
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17 Airborne Early Warning Radar |
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371 | (6) |
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371 | (2) |
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17.2 AEW Radar for Fleet Protection |
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373 | (1) |
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17.3 AEW Radar for Long-Range Air Surveillance |
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374 | (3) |
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18 Active Radar Missile Seekers |
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377 | (12) |
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377 | (1) |
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18.2 Radar-Based Missile Seeker Applications |
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378 | (4) |
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18.3 Radar Seeker as a Subsystem |
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382 | (3) |
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18.4 Hypothetical Air-to-Air Active Radar Seeker Parameters |
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385 | (4) |
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19 Ground-Based Air Defense Radar |
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389 | (7) |
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389 | (1) |
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19.2 Differences in the Clutter Situation between Airborne and Ground-Based Pulse Doppler Radars |
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390 | (1) |
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19.3 Three-Dimensional Radars |
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391 | (3) |
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19.4 Parameters of a Hypothetical Short-Range Ground-Based Air Surveillance Radar |
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394 | (2) |
References |
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396 | (1) |
Closing Remarks |
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397 | (2) |
Index |
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