Product Description

Since the publication of the second edition of "Introduction to Radar Systems," there has been continual development of new radar capabilities and continual improvements to the technology and practice of radar. This growth has necessitated the addition and updating of the following topics for the third edition: digital technology, automatic detection and tracking, doppler technology, airborne radar, and target recognition. The topic coverage is one of the great strengths of the text. In addition to a thorough revision of topics, and deletion of obsolete material, the author has added end-of-chapter problems to enhance the "teachability" of this classic book in the classroom, as well as for self-study for practicing engineers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #554946 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

From the Publisher
This edition now includes problems and/or questions at the end of each chapter to assist in self-study by practicing engineers and in the teaching of graduate-level courses. Most are numerical problems that help the reader reinforce what has been learned in the text. Some ask the reader to go beyond the text and give some thought to what they have learned and build upon it.
A complete solutions manual will be available with the new edition. In addition to worked out solutions, it will include a list of the term paper topics the author has used over the years in his graduate radar course to further challenge the students.
The book has been completely revised since the last edition. Almost every paragraph has had changes or been replaced entirely. The order of the chapters has been rearranged so as to reflect how the author covers the material in his own course. Many topics have been expanded from the second edition.
While there are many specialized courses on detailed electrical engineering subjects, there are very few that are concerned with the systems that are the reason electrical engineering exists. Radar is a classic example of an electronic engineering system that uses many specialized elements of technology practiced by electrical engineers, like signal processing, probability, antennas and receivers. All of these topics are covered in Skolnik, in addition to the standard radar topics.

Customer Reviews

Best available introduction to the subject.
An excellent, thorough, straightforward introduction to radar technology. A little dated, however. Written on the level of an introductory graduate text. Essential for professionals new to the field and useful as a refresher for veteran radar engineers. Outclasses the competition.

Essential reference for all radar engineers
Used previous editions from the company and have now finally decided to buy my own to annotate it. Skolnik is often the first port of call for radar engineering and with a large amount of references can lead to more detailed or specialised papers of interest.

Poor
A very mathmatical way of looking at radar. I thought there would be some impact of engineering and that it would be backed up with some mathmatical formula, but the entire book is purly maths. I have not seen any circuit diagrams of radar systems etc or how they work. This is not even close to electrical engineering and has not helped me at all as a radar engineer.