| List of Figures | p. xi |
| List of Tables | p. xix |
| Preface | p. xxi |
| Preface to the Artech House Edition | p. xxiii |
| Radar Range Equations | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Radar Transmission Equation | p. 3 |
| Monostatic Radar Range Equation | p. 12 |
| Equations for Pulse and Other Waveforms | p. 18 |
| Bistatic Radar Range Equation | p. 23 |
| Equations for Clutter and Jamming | p. 24 |
| References | p. 31 |
| The Detection of Signals | p. 33 |
| Introduction | p. 33 |
| Single-Pulse Detector | p. 36 |
| Multiple Pulse Detector | p. 41 |
| Fluctuating Targets | p. 69 |
| Other Detection Processing | p. 78 |
| References | p. 86 |
| Development of the Approximate Detection Formulas | p. 89 |
| Target Cross Section | p. 97 |
| Introduction | p. 97 |
| Point and Distributed Targets | p. 98 |
| Cross Sections of Standard Point Targets | p. 100 |
| Cross-Sectional Fluctuations | p. 115 |
| Effect of Polarization | p. 118 |
| Bistatic Cross Section | p. 119 |
| Measurement of Radar Cross Section | p. 120 |
| Ship Targets | p. 125 |
| Approximate Cross Sections of Typical Targets | p. 128 |
| Reference | p. 130 |
| Noise in Receiving Systems | p. 131 |
| Introduction | p. 131 |
| Nature and Origins of Noise | p. 132 |
| System Noise Temperature | p. 140 |
| Antenna Noise Temperature | p. 153 |
| References | p. 175 |
| Effects of the Earth's Atmosphere | p. 177 |
| Introduction | p. 177 |
| Tropospheric Refraction | p. 178 |
| Ionospheric Refraction | p. 192 |
| Tropospheric Absorption | p. 197 |
| Attenuation by Rain, Snow, Ice, and Fog | p. 214 |
| Tropospheric Noise Temperature | p. 222 |
| Ionospheric Absorption and Noise | p. 223 |
| Anomalous Propagation--Trapping, Ducting | p. 224 |
| Polarization Rotation | p. 230 |
| Scintillation | p. 232 |
| References | p. 233 |
| Multipath Propagation | p. 237 |
| Introduction | p. 237 |
| The Pattern Propagation Factor | p. 239 |
| Reflection Coefficient | p. 258 |
| The Intermediate-Region Problem | p. 271 |
| Range Limits for Flat-Earth and Interference-Region Calculation | p. 274 |
| Pattern Propagation Factor for More than Two Ray Paths | p. 279 |
| Multipath Results for Some Typical Cases | p. 280 |
| References | p. 291 |
| Clutter, Interference, and Signal Processing | p. 293 |
| Introduction | p. 293 |
| Range Prediction for Targets in Clutter | p. 294 |
| Clutter Characteristics | p. 304 |
| Sea-Clutter Reflectivity | p. 305 |
| Land Clutter | p. 321 |
| Volume Clutter | p. 327 |
| Interference and Jamming | p. 330 |
| Signal Processing | p. 334 |
| References | p. 352 |
| Pulse-Radar Detection-Range Computation | p. 355 |
| Introduction | p. 355 |
| Definitions and Conventions | p. 358 |
| Loss Factors and Antenna-Pattern Functions | p. 367 |
| Procedure for Range-Dependent Loss | p. 379 |
| Computational Techniques | p. 382 |
| Blip-Scan Ratio and Cumulative Probability | p. 395 |
| Accuracy of Radar Range Predictions | p. 399 |
| Operational Evaluation of Radar Range Performance | p. 403 |
| References | p. 408 |
| Special Types of Radar | p. 411 |
| Introduction | p. 411 |
| Continuous-Wave Radar | p. 411 |
| Pulse-Doppler Radar | p. 413 |
| Tracking and Instrumentation Radar | p. 417 |
| Synthetic-Aperture (Mapping) Radar | p. 423 |
| Over-the-Horizon (Ionospheric) Radar | p. 425 |
| Laser Radar | p. 428 |
| Weather Radar | p. 431 |
| References | p. 433 |
| Index | p. 435 |
| About the Author | p. 445 |
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