The radar waveform determines, to a large extent, the type and quality of target information that a radar can gather. Waveform characteristics. The key characteristics of radar waveforms are: Energy, Resolution, Unwanted-target rejection.

Chapter Contents:

• 5.1 Waveforms
• 5.2 Moving Target Indication (MTI) and Displaced Phase-Center Array (DPCA)
• 5.3 Pulse Doppler and Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP)
• 5.4 Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR)
• 5.5 Classification, Discrimination, and Target Identification

Inspec keywords: waveform analysis; radar signal processing

Other keywords: unwanted-target rejection; target information; radar waveform; waveform characteristics; energy; radial-velocity resolution; signal spectra

Subjects: Signal processing and detection; Radar equipment, systems and applications; Mathematical analysis