Radar Systems & Radio Aids To Navigation

Radar Systems & Radio Aids To Navigation by Dr. A. K. Sen, Dr. A. B. Bhattacharya

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Book Summary:

During the last few years after the publication of the first edition, new application areas of Radar System and Radio Aids to Navigation emerged and led to phenominal development of these systems in certain directions. Some of these areas include, Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurement systems based on instrumentation radars, dual polarisation Doppler radar at millimeter waves for measurements of cloud patterns over an airport, winds, updrafts and downdrafts in storms and dropsize distribution of rain and hailstones ; Special Atmospheric Probing Techniques. While all these were added in earlier edition, many more new developments are being added in this edition also.

Chapters on Satellite Navigation, Vessel Traffic Management System and Mathematical Preliminaries have been also further revised, besides these new chapters on Atmospheric Radars (an introductory chapter), Navigation and Modern Measuring Techniques, Millimeter Wave Radars and Radiometers and Doppler Radar Development and Remote Sensing Research have been added so that the book may be useful to the R & D organisations engaged in the development and maintenance of the systems and to the user organisations likeN ational Airport Authority (NAA) and India Meteorological Departments (IMD) and Defence Organisations for the maintenance of their operational systems in the area. Also Review Questions and Multiple Choice Questions and Answers have been added in Appendicies from the examination point of view for the students.

Audience of the Book :

This book Useful for Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering Students.

Table of Content:

1. Navigation

2. Antennas for Radar and Radio Navigational Aids

3. Principles of Radar

4. Radar Targets

5. Radar Transmitters and Receivers

6. Propagation of Radio Waves

7. Radar Clutter

8. MTIRadar

9. Modern Radars

10. Navigational and Remote Sensing Radars

10A. Atomospheric Radars

11. Radars for Atmospheric Probing 

11A. Radar Measurement of Rain Intensity, Drop Size and the Related Attenuation of Radio Waves

12. Direction Findings

13. Aircraft Homing System and Instrument Landing System

14. Hyperbolic Navigation

15. Satellite Navigation

16. Vessel Traffic Management System

17. Navigation and Modern Measuring Techniques

18. Millimeter Wave Radars and Radiometers

19. Doppler Radar Development and Remote Sensing Research

20. Mathematical Preliminaries Related to Radar Systems and Associated Problems

APPENDIX !-Achieving Independence of Successive Samples by Frequency Shifting from Pulse to Pulse

APPENDIX II-Review Questions

APPENDIX III-Multi Choice Questions and Answers

References

Index