Fundamentals of ground radar for air traffic control engineers and technicians

The following topics in this book are discussed: radar history; secondary radar systems; air traffic control; microwave transmission lines and cavities; radar synchronizers; radar transmitters; radar receivers; moving target indicator; Doppler effect; moving target detector; and radar displays.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Bouwman, Ronald
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Raleigh, NC : SciTech Pub., ©2009.
Subjects
Radar air traffic control systems.
Radar in aeronautics.
Radar > History.
Radar > Equipment and supplies.
Radar > Technological innovations.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613441480
1613441487
9781613531365
1613531362
9781891121753
1891121758
Physical Description1 online resource (xxxv, 476 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Radar's rich history and development
  • The professional radar engineer/technician
  • Logarithms, decibels, and power
  • The science behind radar
  • Magnetron versus synthesis
  • Circuitry and hardware
  • Secondary radar systems
  • Microwave transmission lines an cavities
  • Radar synchronizers
  • Radar transmitters
  • Radar Receivers
  • Moving target indicators and the Doppler effect
  • An MTI processor
  • The moving target detector MTI system
  • Radar displays
  • Appendix A : Annotated glossary
  • Appendix B : Major equations
  • Appendix C : Conversions and constants
  • Appendix D : Government nomenclatures
  • Appendix E : Radar frequencies
  • Appendix F : Greek alphabet in radar
  • Appendix G : Technical expression
  • Appendix H : Trigonometry.

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