Sea Clutter ─ Scattering, the K Distribution And Radar Performance

The authors (the two directors of TW Research LTD, a radar development company in the UK, and the deputy scientific director of Thales UK's Aerospace Division) synthesize the literature on maritime radar sensing concerned with scattering from the sea surface and exploitation of sea scattering by radar systems. After describing the experimental evidence of sea clutter characteristics, he presents three chapters that discuss modeling radar scattering, statistical models of sea clutter, and the simulation of clutter and other random processes. These are followed by examination of issues connected to the detection of small targets in sea clutter and imaging ocean surface features. Concluding chapters explore radar detection performance calculations, constant false alarm rate detection, and the specification and measurement of radar performance. Full understanding of the materials requires familiarity with the fundamentals of radar operation, a knowledge of electromagnetic theory and probability, and sufficient "mathematical maturity" to cope with unfamiliar equations, although these topics are discussed in appendices. Books from the UK's Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), IEE, and Inspec are distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)