RADAR103 - The Radar Equation

In this course a short derivation of the terms of the radar equation is presented before showing the final form of the radar equation used in this course. A couple of applications of the radar equation are shown, namely the determining of the maximum detection range of a radar, and the measurement of RCS.

• Introduction
• Derivation
  • The Isotropic Radiator
  • Antenna Gain
  • Radar Cross Section
  • Effective Antenna Aperture
  • Other Losses
• Loss Terms
  • Atmospheric Loss
  • Fluctuation Loss
  • Internal Losses
  • Processing Losses
• Target Detection
  • Minimum Discernable Signal (MDS)
  • Detection Thresholds
• Maximum Range Determination
• RCS Estimation
• Summary

This course assumes knowledge of algebra, and some fundamentals of radar.

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