Radar Handbook, Third Edition
The Industry Standard in Radar Technology_Now Updated with All the Advances and Trends of the Past 17 Years
Turn to the Third Edition of Radar Handbook for state-of-the-art coverage of the entire field of radar technology_from fundamentals to the newest applications.
With contributions by 30 world experts, this resource examines methods for predicting radar range and explores radar subsystems such as receivers, transmitters, antennas, data processing, ECCM, and pulse compression. This radar handbook also explains the target cross section…radar echoes from ground and sea…and all radar systems, including MTI, AMTI, pulse doppler, and others. Using SI units, the Third Edition of Radar Handbook features:
- Unsurpassed guidance on radar fundamentals, theory, and applications
- Hundreds of examples and illustrations
- New to this edition: new chapters on radar digital signal processing, radar in air traffic control, ground penetrating radar, fighter aircraft radar, and civil marine radar; 22 thoroughly revised chapters; 17 new contributors
Inside This Cutting-Edge Radar Guide
• MTI Radar • Pulse Doppler Radar • Multifunctional Radar Systems for Fighter Aircraft • Radar Receivers • Automatic Detection, Tracking, and Sensor Integration • Pulse Compression Radar • Radar Transmitters • Reflector Antennas • Phased Array Radar Antennas • Radar Cross Section • Sea Clutter • Ground Echo • Space-Based Radar • Meteorological Radar • HF Over-the-Horizon Radar • Ground Penetrating Radar • Civil Marine Radar • Bistatic Radar • Radar Digital Signal Processing • And More!Why Read This Book
You should read the Radar Handbook because it collects expert-authored, state-of-the-art treatments of radar theory and practical system design in one place, so you can move seamlessly from fundamental radar equations to advanced signal-processing techniques. It’s an indispensable engineering reference when you need authoritative subsystems guidance, waveform and pulse-compression details, or treatment of clutter, RCS, and detection theory.
Who Will Benefit
Practicing radar engineers, graduate students, and systems designers who need a broad, authoritative reference to design, analyze, or troubleshoot radar systems and their signal-processing chains.
Level: Advanced — Prerequisites: Signals and systems, basic probability & estimation theory, electromagnetic/antenna fundamentals, and familiarity with frequency-domain analysis (Fourier transforms).
Key Takeaways
- Compute radar performance using the radar range equation and translate SNR into detection performance for realistic scenarios.
- Design and analyze waveforms and pulse-compression schemes (including matched filtering and sidelobe control) for range resolution and ambiguity management.
- Apply MTI, pulse-Doppler, and Doppler processing techniques to detect moving targets and mitigate clutter and interference.
- Evaluate target signatures and radar cross section (RCS) effects and predict echo statistics in different propagation and surface conditions.
- Select and size radar subsystems (antennas, transmitters, receivers, signal processors) and understand system-level trade-offs including ECCM.
- Assess modern radar modes and applications such as SAR/ISAR, airborne and maritime systems, and radar data processing architectures.
Topics Covered
- Fundamentals and Radar Range Equation
- Propagation and Atmospheric Effects
- Radar Cross Section (RCS) and Target Scattering
- Antennas and Phased Arrays
- Transmitters and Receivers
- Waveforms, Pulse Compression, and Ambiguity Functions
- MTI, AMTI and Pulse-Doppler Processing
- Detection, Estimation, and Statistical Signal Processing
- Clutter, Sea and Ground Returns, and Clutter Mitigation
- Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM) and Interference
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Inverse SAR (ISAR)
- System Design, Evaluation, and Architectures
Languages, Platforms & Tools
How It Compares
Broader and more encyclopedic than Mark A. Richards' 'Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing' (which is stronger on DSP algorithms and worked examples) and more modern/expanded than Skolnik's own 'Introduction to Radar Systems' (which is more tutorial/introductory).
