Keith D. Ward, Robert J. A. Tough, Simon Watts

Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K Distribution and Radar Performance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an authoritative account of the current understanding of radar sea clutter, describing its phenomenology, EM scattering and statistical modelling and simulation, and their use in the design of detection systems and the calculation and practical evaluation of radar performance.

Produktdetails

• Radar, Sonar and Navigation Nr.20
• Verlag: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 877g
• ISBN-13: 9780863415036
• ISBN-10: 0863415032
• Artikelnr.: 40188804

Autorenporträt

Keith D. Ward is a director of TW Research Ltd, a small company set up in 1995 to develop and exploit models of all aspects of radar operation and performance. Previously they worked for the UK Ministry of Defence at RSRE Malvern on topics ranging from theoretical physics to maritime radar, seekers and remote sensing. They are both authors of numerous journal and conference papers.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The characteristics of radar sea clutter
Chapter 3: Modelling radar scattering by the ocean surface
Chapter 4: Statistical models of sea clutter
Chapter 5: The simulation of clutter and other random processes
Chapter 6: Detection of small targets in sea clutter
Chapter 7: Imaging ocean surface features
Chapter 8: Radar detection performance calculations
Chapter 9: CFAR detection
Chapter 10: The specification and measurement of radar performance
Appendices