Target detection by marine radar

Radar is a legal necessity for the safe navigation of merchant ships and, within vessel traffic services, is indispensable to the operation of major ports and harbours. Target Detection by Marine Radar concentrates solely on civil marine operations and explains how civil surveillance radars detect t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Briggs, John N.
Corporate Author Institution of Electrical Engineers
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, ©2004.
SeriesIEE radar, sonar, navigation, and avionics series ; 16.
Subjects
Tracking radar.
Radar in navigation.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1591248981
9781591248989
9781849190824
1849190828
1282010131
9781282010130
9786612010132
6612010134
0863413595
9780863413599
Physical Description1 online resource (xxix, 670 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The system and the transmitter
  • Radar receiver
  • Echo strength in free space
  • Environmental effects on propagation
  • Multipath of point targets
  • Passive point targets
  • Active targets
  • Multipath factor of extended targets
  • Extended target reflections; ships and coasts
  • Noise, clutter and interference
  • Detection
  • Accuracy of position and track
  • Spreadsheet calculations
  • Worked examples
  • Future possibilities
  • Glossary
  • Statistics details.

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