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Antennas and Radar for Environmental Scientists and Engineers
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Antennas and Radar for Environmental Scientists and Engineers
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Hysell
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:420 | Dimensions(mm): Height 253,Width 180 |
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Category/Genre | Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism The environment Environmental science, engineering and technology Signal processing |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781107195431
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Classifications | Dewey:621.382 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises; 10 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white; 111 Line drawings, black and white
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
1 March 2018 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book gives a complete overview of the scientific and engineering aspects of radio and radar pertaining to studies of the Earth environment. The book opens with an analysis of wire antennas, antenna arrays, and aperture antennas suitable for radar applications. Following a treatment of sources of noise, the book moves on to give a detailed presentation of the most important scattering mechanisms exploited by radar. It then provides an overview of basic signal processing strategies, including coherent and incoherent strategies. Pulse compression, especially binary phase coding and frequency chirping, are then analyzed, and the radar range-Doppler ambiguity function is introduced. This is followed by a comprehensive treatment of radio wave propagation in the atmosphere and ionosphere. The remainder of the book deals with radar applications. The book will be valuable for graduate students and researchers interested in antenna and radar applications across the Earth and environmental sciences and engineering.
Author Biography
David Hysell is a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, New York. His research focuses on ionospheric plasma physics, plasma instabilities, ionospheric irregularities, and their effects on radio wave propagation. An important research tool for studying the equatorial ionosphere is the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru, which is the world's largest radar. Hysell is the Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement that supports Jicamarca.
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