DESCRIPTION
Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles is a comprehensive and modern textbook for courses in radar systems and technology at the college senior and graduate student level; a professional training textbook for formal in-house courses for new hires; a reference for ongoing study following a radar short course; and a self-study and professional reference book.
Principles of Modern Radar focuses on four key areas:
- BASIC CONCEPTS, such as the the radar range equation and threshold detection;
- RADAR SIGNAL PHENOMENOLOGY, such as radar cross section models, clutter, atmospheric effects, and Doppler effects;
- DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS OF MODERN RADARS, such as the antenna, transmitter, receiver, including modern architectural elements such as exciters, and advanced signal processors; and:
- SIGNAL AND DATA PROCESSING BASICS, from digital signal processing (DSP) fundamentals, through detection, Doppler processing, waveforms and pulse compression, basic imaging concepts, and tracking fundamentals.
While several established books address introductory radar systems, Principles of Modern Radar differs from these in its breadth of coverage, its emphasis on current methods (without losing sight of bedrock principles), and its adoption of an appropriate level of quantitative rigor for the intended audience of students and new professional hires.
Special Note - Community Reviews
The manuscript for this book was reviewed by over 50 professionals in academia, military, and commercial enterprises. These reviewers were among thousands of potential users approached by the publisher and asked to share their expertise and experience in radar training and instruction. Their extensive comments, corrections, and insights ensure that Principles of Modern Radar will meet the needs of modern radar educators and students around the world. Written and edited by world-renowned radar instructors and critically reviewed by users before publication, this is truly a “radar community-driven” book. See the list of Master Reviewers and Reviewers below.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Mr. Christopher Bailey
Chapter 9 – Radar Antennas
Chris Bailey is a GTRI research engineer with experience in phased-array antenna design, analysis, and modeling, and phased-array radar-system engineering. His recent research efforts include digital beamforming, overlapped subarrays architectures, and low-power/low-cost arrays. Bailey has written numerous reports on phased array technology and regularly teaches phased array courses with the Georgia Tech Defense Technology Professional Education Program. He holds a M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S.E.E. from North Carolina State University
Dr. William Dale Blair
Chapter 18 – Radar Measurements and Chapter 19 – Radar Tracking Algorithms
Dr.
Blair is the academic administrator of the Radar Tracking GTRI Defense course. He is a senior research engineer at the GTRI Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL), and has been involved in the research and development and testing of target tracking algorithms and radar signal processing for more than 14 years, and is currently involved in phased array radar and multisensor tracking.
Mr. Joseph A. Bruder, PE
Chapter 11 – Radar Receivers
Joe Bruder retired from GTRI after 25 years but is actively working part-time there and Stiefvater Consultants. He has extensive experience in radar sensor technology, including radar system design, analysis and evaluation, test planning, testing and test measurements. At the USAF Rome Laboratory his research areas were space-based radar, bistatic radar, foliage penetration, and bird hazard detection. He is an IEEE Fellow, a member of the IEEE/AESS Radar Systems Panel and is the standards representative for the Panel.
Mr. Nicholas (Nick) C. Currie
Chapter 5: Radar Clutter Characteristics
Nick Currie served on the staff of GTRI for 30 years, performing measurements of the radar backscatter of the sea, rain, snow, vegetation, and sea ice, military and civilian land vehicles, small waterborne craft, missiles, and aircraft. He has consulted with DARPA and the National Institute of Justice on concealed weapon detection and through-the-wall surveillance, and with the USAF Rome Laboratory in the development of a cylindrical, bistatic RCS range. He is a Fellow of the IEEE for work in millimeter wave measurements. He has edited and coauthored four books in the field of radar measurements and clutter.
Dr. Randy J. Jost
Chapter 10 – Radar Transmitters
Dr. Randy J. Jost is a Senior Scientist at the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory. He also holds adjunct positions in both the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Physics Department. His areas of research expertise include Computational Electromagnetics, Radar, Remote Sensing, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Wireless Communication, Electronic Materials, Electromagnetic Measurements and Metrology & Characterization of Antenna, Radar and Optical Measurement Systems. Dr. Jost is an active member and officer in the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society and the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA).
Dr. Byron M. Keel
Chapter 16 – CFAR Processors and Chapter 20 – Pulse Compression Fundamentals
Byron Keel is a Principal Research Engineer and Head of the Signal Processing Branch within the Radar Systems Division of GTRI. He has over 20 years of experience and active research in radar waveform design, signal processing, and systems analysis. He regularly teaches in GTRI sponsored short courses including “Principles of Modern Radar” and is course director and principal lecturer in “Radar Waveforms.”
Dr. David G. Long
Chapter 18 – Radar Measurements
Dr. David G. Long, is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is Director of the BYU Center for Remote Sensing. He has over 20 years of experience in the design of remote sensing radar systems, signal processing, and systems analysis. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Mr. Jay Saffold
Chapter 4 – Propagation Effects and Mechanisms
Jay Saffold is the Chief Scientist for RNI and has over 20 years engineering experience in both military and industry research in RF tags, virtual reality, digital databases, soldier tracking systems, millimeter wavelength (MMW) radar, multimode (MMW and optical) sensor fusion, fire-control radar, electronic warfare, survivability, signal processing, and strategic defense architecture. He lectures annually for GTRI on remote sensing and signal processing. He has authored or co-authored over 104 technical papers and reports. He holds a BSEE degree from Auburn University.
Dr. John Shaeffer
Chapter 6 – Target Reflectivity
John Shaeffer has taught short courses on Radar Cross Section for over twenty years and is coauthor of Radar Cross Section, 2nd Edition (SciTech Publishing), the leading book on the subject. He has held senior engineering positions at McDonnell Douglas, GTRI, Lockheed Martin, and NASA, and was co-founder of Marietta Scientific and founder of Matrix Compression Technologies, LLC. He earned his PhD in Physics from Saint Louis University (1971).
Dr. Gregory A. Showman
Chapter 21 – Introduction to Radar Imaging
Greg Showman is a Senior Research Engineer at GTRI, acts as the Director of the Adaptive Sensor Technology Project Office within GTRI, and has over 20 years of experience in radar modeling, performance analysis, and signal processing algorithm development.
Mr. Tracy Wallace
Chapter 10 – Radar Transmitters
Tracy Wallace is Division Chief for the Air and Missile Defense Division of GTRI’s Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory. He supports solid-state, active-aperture radar development with focus on the frontend electronics, power systems, and system performance assessment. He has also designed and built high power tube-based transmitters for instrumentation radars. He teaches in numerous radar-related short courses: Principles of Modern Radar, Phased Array Radar Systems, Space-Based Radar, Transmit/Receive Modules for Phased Array Radar, and Coherent Radar Performance Estimation.
Dr. Paul E. Schmid
Chapter 10 – Radar Transmitters
Dr. Paul E. Schmid, is president/owner of Engineering Systems, Inc. a Virginia consulting firm. He has fifty years industry and government experience in electromagnetic propagation, aerospace electronics, radio frequency systems, optical systems, and antenna theory that includes significant contributions to the Navy’s AEGIS phased array radar, NASA’s Apollo Program, and over fifty technical papers. He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE.
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MASTER REVIEWERS
- G. Richard Curry - Consulting in Radar System Applications
- Byron Edde, Consultant in Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems
- Dr. Marshall Greenspan, Senior Systems Consulting Engineer - Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Paul Hannen - SAIC, Beavercreek, OH and Wright State University
- Randy Jost - Utah State University
- David G. Long, Professor - Brigham Young University
- Dr. John M. Milan - Consultant
- Simon Watts, Deputy Scientific Director - Thales, UK Aerospace Division
REVIEWERS
- Dr. Clive Alabaster, Lecturer - Cranfield University
- Ronald Aloysius, Fellow Engineer - Northrop Grumman
- Chris Baker, Dean & Director - ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Canberra
- Edward Barile, Senior Principal Engineer - Raytheon
- Dan Bernabei - Engineer Scientist - Department of Defense
- Lee Blanton, Radar Systems Engineer - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Koen van Caekenberghe - University of Michigan
- Gerry Cain - DSP Creations, Ltd.
- Kernan Chaisson, Air Force Retired, Washington Editor - Forecast International
- I-Ting Chiang, Applicant Consultant - Lorentz Solution, Inc.
- Jean-Yves Chouinard, Professor - Université Laval, Quebec Canada
- Lawrence Cohen, Electronics Engineer - Radar Division, Naval Research Laboratory
- Carlton Davis, Advisory Engineer - Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Patrick Dever - Fellow Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Robert Egri - Cobham, DES
- John J. Ermer, Engineering Fellow - Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
- Dr. Mark Frank, Principal Engineer - Rohde & Schwarz Inc.
- Christophe Fumeaux, Associate Professor - University of Adelaide
- Fulvio Gini, Professor - University of Pisa
- Nathan A. Goodman, Associate Professor - The University of Arizona
- Dr. Martie Goulding, Senior Radar Systems Engineer - MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates
- Hugh Griffiths - University College London
- Dr. Walter Gustavo Fano, Associate Professior - Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco
- Stephen Harman - Radar Systems Technical Manager - QinetiQ
- Dr. Joseph Hucks, Electrical Engineer - Harris Corporation
- Alan Keith - Boeing
- Stephane Kemkemian, Radar Senior Expert - Thales Airborne Systems-France
- Theodoros G. Kostis - University of the Aegean
- Richard Lane, Research Scientist - QinetiQ
- Richard Lethin, President - Reservoir Labs
- David Mackes, Senior Engineer - Northrop Grumman
- Kevin McClaning, Senior RF Designer - Johns Hopkins University
- Anders Nelander - Swedish Defense Research Agency
- Natalia K. Nikolova, Professor - McMaster University
- Myriam Nouvel, Search Engineer - Thales Radar and Warfare Technical Directorate
- Dr. Chris Oliver, CBE, Technical Director - InfoSAR
- Karl Erik Olsen, Senior Scientist - Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
- Dr. Pinaki S. Ray, Research Associate - The University of Adelaide
- Brian Rigling, Associate Professor - Wright State University
- Dr. Earl Sager, Radar Physics Group Chief Scientist - System Planning Corporation
- Paul E. Schmid, Ph.D., President - Engineering Systems, Inc.
- John Shipley - Harris Govt. Communications
- John Spurlin, Ph.D., P.E., Professor - Norfolk State University
- Roger Sullivan - Institute for Defense Analysis (retired)
- Ching Yeng Tan, Research Assistant - The University of Nottingham, Malaysia
- Jay Virts - Raytheon Corporation, El Segundo, California
- John Wendler - Harris Corporation
- Andreas Wiessman - GAMMA Remote Sensing AG, Switzerland
- Dick Wiley - Syracuse Research Associates (retired)
- Ben Winstead, Principal Development Engineer - Honeywell International, Inc.
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