Table of Contents

• Part I: Overview of Airborne Radar
• Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
• Chapter 2: Approaches to Implementation
• Chapter 3: Representative Applications
• Part II: Essential Groundwork
• Chapter 4: Radio Waves and Alternating Current Signals
• Chapter 5: Key to a Nonmathematical Understanding of Radar
• Chapter 6: The Ubiquitous Decibel
• Part III: Radar Fundamentals
• Chapter 7: Choice of Radio Frequency
• Chapter 8: Directivity and the Antenna Beam
• Chapter 9: Pulsed Operation
• Chapter 10: Detection Range
• Chapter 11: The Range Equation, What It Does and Doesn't Tell Us
• Chapter 12: Pulse Delay Ranging
• Chapter 13: Pulse Compressions
• Chapter 14: FM Ranging
• Part IV: Pulse Doppler Radar
• Chapter 15: Doppler Effect
• Chapter 16: Spectrum of Pulsed Signal
• Chapter 17: Mysteries of Pulsed Spectrum Unveiled
• Chapter 18: Sensing Doppler Frequencies
• Chapter 19: How Digital Filters Work
• Chapter 20: The Digital Filter Bank and the FFT
• Chapter 21: Measuring Range Rate
• Part V: Return from the Ground
• Chapter 22: Sources and Spectra of Ground Return
• Chapter 23: Effect of Range and Doppler Ambiguities on Ground Clutter
• Chapter 24: Separating Ground-Moving Targets from Clutter
• Chapter 25: The Crucial Choice of PRF
• Part VI: Air-to-Air Operation
• Chapter 26: Low PRF Operation
• Chapter 27: Medium PRF Operation
• Chapter 28: High PRF Operation
• Chapter 29: Automatic Tracking
• Part VII: High-Resolution Ground Mapping and Imaging
• Chapter 30: Meeting High-Resolution Ground Mapping Requirements
• Chapter 31: Principles of Synthetic Array (Aperture) Radar
• Chapter 32: SAR Design Considerations
• Chapter 33: SAR Operating Modes
• Part VIII: Radar in Electronic Warfare
• Chapter 34: Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) Techniques
• Chapter 35: Electronic Counter Countermeasures (ECCM)
• Chapter 36: Electronic Warfare Intelligence Functions
• Part IX: Advanced Concepts
• Chapter 37: Electronically-Steered Array Antennas (ESAs)
• Chapter 38: ESA Design
• Chapter 39: Antenna RCS Reduction
• Chapter 40: Advanced Radar Techniques
• Chapter 41: Advanced Waveforms and Mode Control
• Chapter 42: Low Probability of Intercept (LPI)
• Chapter 43: Advanced Processor Architecture
• Part X: Representative Radar Systems
• Chapter 44: Reconnaissance & Surveillance
• Chapter 45: Fighter & Attack
• Chapter 46: Strategic Bombing
• Chapter 47: Attack Helicopter
• Chapter 48: Transport/Tanker Navigation
• Chapter 49: Civil Applications
• Appendix

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