Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar (Radar, Sonar and Navigation) - Hardcover

Hugh Griffiths

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613530226 ISBN 13: 9781613530221

Publisher: SciTech Publishing - An Imprint of The IET, 2014

Synopsis

Has any technical book, radar or otherwise, presented the fundamentals and applications of a topic with such clarity and interest as George Stimson's masterpiece has? Over 50,000 happy Stimson owners would say, "not likely!" Now a skilled a respected team of radar and EW engineers, working closely with a community of radar advisors and the publisher's editors, have fully modernized coverage and maintained the unique Stimson look and feel. Even the timeless principles and core fundamentals of general radar have been updated in wording and new graphics, while the more advanced concepts and applications in airborne radar have been brought into the digital age of radar signal processing and solid state electronics. Stimson s is written specifically as an overview without going overboard on the math. Virtually anybody with a knowledge of high school algebra, trigonometry, and physics will be able to read and absorb the vast majority of the material. Living up to its moniker of Introduction, Stimson s contains extensive fundamental materials and practical applications, using visual system exemplars to aid explanations. The unique full color layout is enhanced with an immense number of illustrations, figures, tables, and color photographs. KEY FEATURES Completely covers the wide range of techniques employed in modern airborne and space borne radars. Fulfills the needs of those who want to learn about radar, regardless of their technical background. Fundamentals are applicable to ground-based radar as well. Clear, understandable writing supplemented by extensive graphic illustration of concepts and offset boxes taking those concepts to higher levels. All chapters have been modified, some heavily, to remove legacy material and include modern radar techniques. Two new sections have been added, covering electronic warfare, and special/advanced topics. AUDIENCE Military pilots, radar intercept officers, ground crews, and avionics technicians Radar engineers and technicians Students in radar, aviation, and aeronautics (end of chapter exercises now included for undergraduate and industry training courses) Radar marketing and sales personnel CHANGES FROM THE SECOND EDITION Completely modernized, greatly expanded, but not changed. The true essence of Stimson s is found in the high quality illustrations, the straightforward writing style, and ability for readers to use both to quickly understand the concepts within each chapter. These hallmarks have been meticulously maintained in the third edition by an expansive community of editors, authors, and reviewers. Community Reviewed - Over 100 radar experts from organizations worldwide have played a key role in reviewing this book to ensure the memory of George Stimson is honored throughout. Each reviewer was carefully picked for their knowledge, longtime use, and love of the first and second editions. Modernized - The third edition reflects the major changes in radar systems of the last 15-20 years. These changes include rewording current text and adding new material to show the much more routine adopting of electronic scanning and high resolution imaging, together with much greater use of digital technology. Expanded - Two new sections have been added including six chapters on electronic warfare, and seven chapters on special topics and advanced techniques.

About this title

Review:

'For radar experts and amateurs there is much here to expand understanding of the very latest concepts and techniques. The authors clearly understand their audience, and have produced a work that will quickly become essential to anyone wishing to understand airborne radar.'

--Darren Coe, MSc CEng, MIET, Principal Scientist - Airborne Radar, QinetiQ Malvern

About the Author:

Hugh Griffiths received PhD and DSc(Eng) degrees from the University of London. From 1982-2006 he was with University College London. Since 2006 he has been Principal of the Defence College of Management and Technology, Cranfield University, which is part of the UK s Defence Academy. His research interests include radar and sonar systems, signal processing (particularly synthetic aperture radar and bistatic and multistatic radar), as well as antennas and antenna measurements. Griffiths has received numerous awards and he serves on the IEEE AESS Board of Governors, on the IEEE AESS Radar Systems Panel, and as Editor-in-Chief of IET Proceedings on Radar, Sonar and Navigation. He served as Chairman of the IEE International Radar Conference RADAR 2002 in Edinburgh, UK and he has advisory roles for the UK Ministry of Defence. He is a Fellow of the IEE and the IEEE and, in 1997, he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2013, he won the prestigious AF Harvey prize from the IET, honoring an exceptional individual researcher for their outstanding achievements and promising future research. Christoper Baker is the Ohio Research Scholar in Integrated Sensor Systems at The Ohio State University. Until June 2011 he was the Dean and Director of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University (ANU). Prior to this he held the Thales-Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of intelligent radar systems based at University College London. Professor Baker is the recipient of the IEE Mountbatten premium (twice), the IEE Institute premium and is a Fellow of the IET. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town, Cranfield University, University College London and Adelaide University. He has been actively engaged in radar system research since 1984 and is the author of over two hundred publications. His research interests include: coherent radar techniques, radar signal processing, radar signal interpretation, electronically scanned radar systems, natural echo locating systems and radar imaging. Dave Adamy is an internationally recognized expert in electronic warfare. He has 47 years experience as a systems engineer and program technical director, developing EW systems from DC to Light, deployed on platforms from submarines to space, with specifications from QRC to high reliability. For the last 26 years, he has run his own company, performing studies for the US Government and defense contractors. He has also presented dozens of courses in the US, Europe and Australia on Electronic Warfare and related subjects. He has published over 180 professional articles on Electronic Warfare, receiver system design and closely related subjects, including the popular EW101 column in the Journal of Electronic Defense. He has eleven books in print and is a past National President of the Association of Old Crows.

About this edition

• Publisher: SciTech Publishing - An Imprint of The IET
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1613530226
• ISBN 13: 9781613530221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 774
• Editor: Hugh Griffiths, Christopher Baker, David Adamy