Product Description

An advanced treatment of the main concepts of radar. Systematic and organized, it nicely balances readability with mathematical rigor. Many techniques and examples have been chosen from the radar industry (Rayleigh fluctuating targets are used as they yield simple expressions for the probability of detection), and others for their pedagogical value (Costas signals lead the coded radar signals because their ambiguity function can be intuitively deduced). Ordered statistics is covered in more depth than other CFAR techniques because its performance can be obtained analytically without resorting to simulation methods. Contains many exercises.

An Instructor′s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1368569 in Books
• Published on: 1988-07-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

maybe the best radar introductory book
This 1988 book is in my opinion one of the two best radar books for students (the other one is by Kingsley/Quegan, but has a a wider scope). The progression is logical and still quite up-to-date, going to static clutter and CFAR. I have looked at (i.e. partly read, struggled with etc ...) books by the famous guys (Barton, Skolnik, Nathanson) but this one is really for students who want to play around with the signals, code the filters etc ... and get some practical understanding of the process.
After this one I would suggest reading Kingsley, then of course Stimson (airborne radar), also a very good book (but it has no exercises). So I think this book is worth the big prize.

An outstanding radar textbook on the academic level
This is an excellent radar textbook for advanced students on the academic level. The distiction is necessary, because older textbooks by Barton, Skolnik and Nathansson were mostly designed for radar engineers. Modern students have a better mathematical background than previous generations and this is used to advantage in Levanon's text. The author uses every opportunity to present his results in a general and easy-to-read form. The examples are excellent and often based on the author's own research experience.