Название: Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles, 2nd Edition
Автор: Mark A. Richards, William L. Melvin
Издательство: SciTech Publishing/The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Год: 2022
Страниц: 1152
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 82.8 MB

The second edition of Principles of Modern Radar Volume 1: Basic Principles is a comprehensive textbook for courses on radar systems and technology at the college senior and graduate student level. It is also a professional training and self-study textbook for engineers switching to a career in radar as well as a professional reference for current radar engineers. It is unique in its breadth of coverage, its emphasis on current methods and its careful balance of qualitative explanation and quantitative rigor appropriate to its intended audience.

The book focuses on four key areas:

Basic concepts such as the radar range equation and threshold detection.
Radar signal phenomenology, such as radar cross section models, clutter echo, atmospheric effects and Doppler effects.
Descriptions of all the major subsystems of modern radars such as the antenna, transmitter, and receiver, and including modern architectural elements such as exciters and advanced signal processors.
Signal and data processing techniques, from digital signal processing fundamentals to detection, Doppler processing, waveforms and pulse compression, basic imaging concepts and measurement and tracking fundamentals.

Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles (POMR) was designed with two primary goals: to serve as the “Radar 101” textbook of choice for radar students and practicing engineers in government and industry; and to provide the breadth of topics and modern approach that would make POMR the most convenient and valuable starting point for today's professionals needing to study or review a particular subject. In this 2nd Edition, we build on these primary goals, with an emphasis on updating chapters to reflect changes in technology since the first edition was published in 2010, as well as reorganizing parts of the book to improve its logical flow.

POMR: Volume 1 – Basic Principles incorporates the following elements in its design:
• A focus on modern radar techniques and systems from the start, rather than historical background and legacy systems.
• A careful balance of quantitative mathematical models and tools with qualitative motivation and insight.
• Coverage of radar essentials with appropriate breadth of topics.
• Material developed by multiple subject experts, edited and integrated into a coherent whole, versus the less comprehensive coverage of single- or two-author books.

This second edition of POMR includes material by several new contributors addressing the latest technology impacts on radar design. Returning first edition contributors have revised and updated their chapters to improve clarity and to reflect new concepts and approaches.

The popular first edition of Principles of Modern Radar has been completely updated to remain current with new developments in radar hardware technology, signal processing and applications, while maintaining its focus on timeless basic principles.

Most importantly, POMR provides a breadth of coverage unmatched by other currently available introductory radar textbooks: chapters on fundamental concepts, propagation and echo phenomenology for targets and interference, all major subsystems of a modern radar, and all basic signal processing functions so important to modern practice. Second, these topics are presented with a consistent balance of quantitative and qualitative description and at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. No competing book of which we are aware strikes such a carefully constructed balance. Some radar books provide the traditional fundamental concepts but offer little on modern signal processing. Some are almost entirely descriptive, lacking the mathematical analysis students need to undertake their own analysis and modeling. A few others are highly mathematical but have limited coverage and lack the qualitative interpretation needed to develop the understanding of students new to the field. POMR not only provides the basic mathematical tools but also supports those tools with the explanations and insights of its experienced authors.