| Description |
1 online resource (482 p.) |
| Series |
Earth Observation Ser |
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Earth Observation Ser
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- RADAR REMOTE -- RADAR REMOTE: Applications and Challenges -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 -- Basis of radar remote sensing -- 1 -- Introduction to RADAR remote sensing -- 1. Brief history of RADAR remote sensing -- 2. Optical versus RADAR remote sensing -- 3. Fundamentals of RADAR -- 3.1 Radar block diagram and operation -- 3.1.1 Transmitter section -- 3.1.2 Receiver section -- 3.2 The RADAR equation -- 4. Types of RADAR -- 4.1 Radar altimeter -- 4.2 Imaging RADARs -- 4.3 Scatterometers -- 4.4 Sideways-looking airborne radar |
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8.5 Air traffic control and navigation -- 8.6 Military -- References -- 2 -- Microwave components and devices for RADAR systems -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transmission line -- 2.1 Coaxial cable -- 2.2 Strip lines -- 2.3 Waveguide -- 3. Antennas -- 4. Microwave filters -- 5. Absorbers -- 6. Microwave sources -- 6.1 Relativistic magnetron -- 6.2 Relativistic klystron amplifier -- 6.3 Relativistic backward wave oscillator -- 7. Mode converter -- 8. Network analyzer -- 9. Some other important microwave components -- 10. Summary -- References -- 3 -- Theory of monostatic and bistatic radar systems |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Bistatic and monostatic radar system configuration -- 3. Radar equation -- 3.1 Point target bistatic radar equation -- 3.2 Point target monostatic radar equation -- 3.3 Distributed target radar equation for monostatic and bistatic configuration -- 4. Radar cross-section per unit area/scattering coefficient system and measurement concepts -- 4.1 Fundamentals -- 4.2 Calibration and characterization of the radar system -- 4.3 Amplitude calibration -- 4.4 Subsystem characterization -- 5. Measurement procedures |
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6. Procedure of bistatic specular scatterometer measurement and its calibration over natural terrain -- 7. Summary -- References -- 4 -- Review of microwave fundamentals and its applications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory of radiative transfer -- 2.1 Microwave brightness temperature -- 2.2 Faraday rotation -- 3. Electromagnetic interaction with discrete objects -- 3.1 Diffraction -- 3.2 Scattering -- 3.3 Radar cross-section -- 3.4 Spectral signature -- 4. Interaction with inhomogeneous media -- 4.1 Process of transmission -- 5. Interaction with a smooth surface |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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5.1 Scattering from plane boundaries |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gupta, Dileep Kumar
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Islam, Tanvir
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Han, Dawei
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Prasad, Rajendra
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| ISBN |
9780128235942 |
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0128235942 |
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