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Target detection by marine radar /

Radar is a legal necessity for the safe navigation of merchant ships and, within vessel traffic services, is indispensable to the operation of major ports and harbours. Target Detection by Marine Radar concentrates solely on civil marine operations and explains how civil surveillance radars detect t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Briggs, John N.
Autor Corporativo: Institution of Electrical Engineers
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, ©2004.
Colección:IEE radar, sonar, navigation, and avionics series ; 16.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The system and the transmitter
  • Radar receiver
  • Echo strength in free space
  • Environmental effects on propagation
  • Multipath of point targets
  • Passive point targets
  • Active targets
  • Multipath factor of extended targets
  • Extended target reflections; ships and coasts
  • Noise, clutter and interference
  • Detection
  • Accuracy of position and track
  • Spreadsheet calculations
  • Worked examples
  • Future possibilities
  • Glossary
  • Statistics details.