Handbook of radar measurement / David K. Barton, Harold R. Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barton, David Knox, 1927-

Contributor:

Ward, Harold R. (Harold Richard), 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radar.

Physical Description:

xv, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dedham, MA : Artech House, [1984]

Contents:

1.1 Detection 1

1.2 Resolution 3

1.3 Measurement 6

1.4 Application to Practical Systems 9

2 Angular Measurement in Noise 15

2.1 Antenna Paramenters 16

2.2 Expression for Noise Error 22

2.3 Error Normalized to Beamwidth 23

2.4 Monopulse Antenna Performance 24

2.5 Performance of Scanning Beams 33

2.6 Effects of Signal Processing 35

2.7 Summary of Angular Noise Error 44

3 Range Measurement in Noise 49

3.1 Radar Signal and Filter Parameters 50

3.2 Expressions for Noise Error 59

3.3 Error Normalized to Pulse Width 61

3.4 The Rectangular Pulse 66

3.5 The Split-Gate Time Discriminator 72

3.6 The Leading-Edge Tracker 78

3.7 Effects of Practical Signal Processing 82

3.8 Summary of Range Noise Error 86

4 Doppler Measurement in Noise 91

4.1 Spectral Envelope and Fine Structure 92

4.2 Frequency Estimator Model 93

4.3 Expressions for Noise Error (Single Pulse) 101

4.4 Error Normalized to Signal Bandwidth 103

4.5 The Frequency Discriminator 108

4.6 Application to Coherent Pulse Trains 115

4.7 Effects of Practical Signal Processing 122

4.8 Summary of Doppler Noise Error 127

5 Multiple-Signal Problems in Measurement 129

5.1 Error Caused by Interfering Signals 129

5.2 Errors from Adjacent Point Targets 134

5.3 Distributed Targets 136

5.4 Multipath Error 142

5.5 Electromagnetic Interference 158

5.6 Summary of Multiple-Signal Errors 159

6 Target-Induced Errors 163

6.1 Target Glint 164

6.2 Target Scintillation 171

6.3 Measuring-System Error 177

7 Discrete Processes in Measurement 183

7.1 Sampling 183

7.2 Quantization 187

8 Radar Error Analysis 199

8.1 Mathematical Models of Error 199

8.2 General Procedure for Error Analysis 205

8.3 Angle Error Analysis 208

8.4 Range Error Analysis 229

8.5 Doppler Error Analysis 235

8.6 Errors in Differentiated Data 238

8.7 Coordinate Transformations 240

Appendix A Antenna Patterns and Illumination Functions 242

A.2 Definitions and Normalization Procedure 243

4.3 Tabular Data 249

A.4 Plotted Data 267

A.5 Antenna Relationships 335

Appendix B Waveform Analogies 339

B.1 Definitions 339

B.2 Analogies 344

Appendix C Data Filtering and Smoothing 349

C.1 Data Smoothing 349

C.2 Differentiation of Data 354

C.3 Smoothing and Estimation of Polynomial Signals 361

Appendix D Atmospheric Propagation Errors 366

D.1 Tropospheric Refraction 366

D.2 Tropospheric Fluctuations 371

D.3 Ionospheric Effects 387.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 413-416.

ISBN:

0890061556

OCLC:

11229523