Modern Radar System Analysis (Radar Library)
This book presents the basic principles, analyses, design formulas, and characteristics of various fin-line configurations. You'll find summaries of hundreds of rigorous formulas as well as approximate closed-form expressions, which can be readily programmed to generate design data for any structure.
Why Read This Book
You will gain a rigorous, system-level grounding in radar signal processing and performance analysis that links theory to practical design decisions. The book emphasizes analytical derivations and design formulas you can use to evaluate detection, waveform choices, Doppler processing, and clutter mitigation for real radar systems.
Who Will Benefit
Radar and signal-processing engineers or graduate students with some background in signals and probability who need a mathematically rigorous reference for radar performance, waveform and receiver design, and spectral/DSP techniques.
Level: Advanced — Prerequisites: Undergraduate calculus and linear algebra, signals & systems (continuous and discrete), basic probability and statistical signal processing, and familiarity with basic electromagnetics and radar vocabulary.
Key Takeaways
- Analyze radar range, Doppler, and detection performance using radar equations and statistical detection theory
- Design and evaluate matched filters, pulse-compression waveforms, and pulse-Doppler processing chains
- Apply FFT-based spectral analysis and Doppler processing to characterize and separate moving targets from clutter
- Implement adaptive filtering and space-time processing concepts for clutter suppression and improved detection
- Model and predict system-level tradeoffs (SNR, resolution, ambiguity, PRF choices) to drive practical radar design decisions
Topics Covered
- 1. Introduction to Modern Radar Concepts and System Metrics
- 2. Fundamental Radar Equations and Performance Measures
- 3. Waveform Design and Pulse Compression Techniques
- 4. Matched Filtering and Receiver Architectures
- 5. Doppler Processing, MTI, and Pulse-Doppler Radar
- 6. Spectral Analysis, FFT Methods, and Ambiguity Functions
- 7. Clutter, Noise Modeling, and Statistical Characterization
- 8. Detection Theory, CFAR, and False-Alarm Control
- 9. Adaptive Filtering and Space–Time Adaptive Processing (STAP)
- 10. Array Processing and Beamforming for Radar
- 11. Tracking, Data Association, and Performance Prediction
- 12. Simulation Methods and Practical System Design Considerations
- Appendices: Useful Formulas, Approximations, and Implementation Notes
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How It Compares
Covers many of the same system- and signal-processing topics as Skolnik's Introduction to Radar Systems and Richards' Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, but Barton is more analytically focused and provides extensive closed-form formulae and system-level tradeoffs.
