Radar cross section: Its prediction measurement and reduction
Abstract
An introduction to the echo characteristics of radar targets is presented. An overview is first given of radar fundamentals and electromagnetic scattering. Exact prediction techniques, including those pertaining to high-frequency radar cross section (RCS), are addressed. Examples of RCS behavior for simple and complex bodies are shown and discussed. Radar cross section reduction methods and techniques for measuring absorber properties and the scattering characteristics of test targets are examined. Practical ways to identify scattering mechanisms on complex targets are discussed.
- Publication:
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Dedham
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ah...book.....K
- Keywords:
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- Radar Cross Sections;
- Radar Echoes;
- Radar Targets;
- Absorbers (Materials);
- Data Acquisition;
- Dielectrics;
- High Frequencies;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Radar Measurement;
- Radar Range;
- Radar Scattering;
- Radiation Absorption;
- Wave Diffraction;
- Communications and Radar