Over-the-horizon radar / A.A. Kolosov, and others ; translated by William F. Barton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kolosov, A. A. (Andreĭ Aleksandrovich)

Standardized Title:

Osnovy zagorizontnoĭ radiolokat͡sii. English.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Over-the-horizon radar.

Physical Description:

x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Norwood, MA : Artech House, [1987]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Characteristics of Over-the-Horizon Radar 1

1.2 Features of Over-the Horizon Radar 4

1.3 Characteristics of Over-the-Horizon Radar Systems 6

Chapter 2 The Radar Equation 9

2.2 The Standard Radar Equation 9

2.3 The General Radar Equation 10

2.4 Another Form of the Radar Equation 16

2.5 The Signal-to-Interference Ratio 17

2.6 The Performance of a Radar System 18

2.7 Losses due to System Imperfections 22

Chapter 3 Methods for Calculating the Path Loss 27

3.2 Theoretical Methods for Studying the Long-Range Propagation of High-Frequency Radio Waves 28

3.3 Calculating the Spatial Field Energy Characteristics with the Ray Optics Approximation 50

3.4 The Results of Experimental Investigations into the Spectral Characteristics of Round-the-World Signals 57

3.5 Estimating Attenuation Using a Semiphenomenological Model 68

Chapter 4 The Effective Target Cross Section 87

4.2 The Characteristics of OTH Radio Wave Scattering from Objects 88

4.3 The Radar Cross Section of Magnetically Oriented Disturbances in the Ionospheric Electron Density at High Frequency 89

4.4 The Radar Cross Section of Meteor Trails 91

4.5 The Radar Cross Section of Ascending Rockets 93

4.6 The Radar Cross Section of Aircraft 98

Chapter 5 High-Frequency Radar Interference 103

5.2 Internal Receiver Noises 104

5.3 Atmospheric Interference 104

5.4 Cosmic Noise 109

5.5 Industrial Interference 110

5.6 Interference from Radio Stations 112

5.7 Interference from Spurious and Out-of-Band Radio Transmissions 120

5.8 The Net (Combined) Active Interference 122

5.9 Clutter 125

5.10 Noise Resulting from Imperfections in the Receiver 130

Chapter 6 High-Frequency Anti-interference Techniques 135

6.2 Selecting the Channel with the Minimum Level of Active Interference 136

6.3 Adaptive Spatial Filtering 140

6.4 Correlation Loop Adaptive Antenna Systems 144

6.5 Some Algorithms for Adaptive Spatial Filtering 153

6.6 Protection Against Narrowband Interference 164

6.7 Methods for Suppressing Narrowband Interference 168

6.8 The Influence of the Transmitted Waveform on the Antiinterference Performance and Accuracy of the Radar 171

Chapter 7 Signal Detection and Parameter Estimation 177

7.2 Criteria for Optimum Radar Detection 177

7.3 Detecting Signals in a Background of Stationary Interference with Unknown Intensity 186

7.4 Detecting Signals in a Background of Nonstationary Interference from Radio Stations 195

7.5 The Detection of a Signal in Clutter 200

7.6 Signal Parameter Estimation 205

7.7 The Characteristics of Signal Detection and Parmeter Estimation in Interference with Unknown Intensity 217

7.8 Track Processing 229

Chapter 8 Signal Detection and Parameter Estimation in Interference with Unknown Angular Distribution 235

8.2 The Signal and Interference Model 236

8.3 Detecting a Signal in Temporally Uncorrelated Stationary Gaussian Interference with Unknown Interchannel Correlation Matrix 236

8.4 Detecting Signals in Nonstationary Active Interference 244

8.5 Detecting a Signal in Clutter with Unknown Fluctuation Spectrum 248

8.6 Estimating the Parameters of Signals in Interference with Unknown Angular Distribution 250

8.7 The Characteristics of Signal Detection and Estimation in Interference with Unknown Interchannel Correlation Matrix 254

Chapter 9 Over-the-Horizon System Design 263

9.2 Over-the-Horizon Radar Design Principles 264

9.3 The WARF Over-the-Horizon Radar 273.

Notes:

Translation of: Osnovy zagorizontnoĭ radiolokat͡sii.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0890062331 :

OCLC:

16404080