Bistatic Radar provides a history of bistatic systems that points out to potential designers the applications that have worked and the dead-ends not worth pursuing.

Bistatic Radar covers the basic concepts and definitions, and explains the mathematical development of relationships, such as geometry, Ovals of Cassini, dynamic range, isorange and isodoppler contours, target doppler, and clutter doppler spread.

Key Features of Bistatic Radar:

• All development and analysis are derived from first order principles or referenced to established literature
• All approximations are accompanied by error analyses. All bistatic radar equations are rationalized; i.e., they are shown in the limit to reduce to monostatic radar equations
• Past bistatic radar developments and programs are critiqued. Fundamental advantages and limitations are identified. Potential bistatic radar applications are developed and assessed
• The 329 pages include plentiful figures, tables, equations, six appendices and a bibliography

Contents

1. Introduction and Overview - Introduction * Definitions * Requirements * Applications and Issues
2. History - Early History * First Resurgence * Second Resurgence * Nonmilitary Applications
3. Coordinate Systems, Geometry, and Equations
4. Range Relationships - Range Equation * Pattern Propagation Factors * Ovals of Cassini * Operating Regions * Target Path Dynamic Range * Isorange Ellipsoids, Isorange Contours, and Range Cells * Operating Limits and Instantaneous S/N Dynamic Range
5. Location and Area Relationships - Target Location * Measurement and Location Errors * Coordinate Conversion * Display Correction * Coverage * Clutter Cell Area * Maximum Unambiguous Range and PRF
6. Doppler Relationships - Target Doppler * Isodoppler Contours * Clutter Doppler Spread * Doppler Beat Frequency
7. Target Resolution - Range Resolution * Doppler Resolution * Angle Resolution * Synthetic Aperture Radar Isorange Resolution
8. Target Cross Section - Pseudomonostatic RCS Region * Bistatic RCS Region * Glint Reduction in the Bistatic RCS Region * Forward-Scatter RCS Region
9. Clutter - Surface Clutter * Chaff
10. Electronic Countermeasures and Counter-Countermeasures – Noise Jamming * Deception Jamming
11. Multistatic Radars – Receiving Aperture Characteristics * System S/N * Implementation Requirements
12. Special Concepts and Applications – Hitchhiking * Forward-Scatter Fences * Hybrid Radars * Clutter Tuning
13. Special Problems and Requirements - Beam Scan-on-Scan * Pulse Chasing * Sidelobe Clutter * Time Synchronization * Phase Synchronization and Stability

Appendices

• Early Publication of Bistatic Radar Phenomenology
• Width of a Bistatic Range Cell
• Approximation to the Location Equation
• Area Within a Maximum Range Oval of Cassini
• Relationships Between Parameters in Target Location and Clutter Doppler Spread Equations
• Orthogonal Conic Section Theorems

Index

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