Obviously the applications mentioned in this chapter are just a sampling of radar based persistent surveillance. Also, the descriptions have left out many details necessary for understanding, analysis and design. Some of the basics will be discussed in the chapters that follow. Hopefully, the reader will have a good intuitive feel for all the important aspects of Intercept, GMTI and SAR by the end of this introductory book. The references and appendices will provide more detail on many of the topics in this book.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 RF sees through clouds and haze and at night
• 1.3 Mapping of emitters onto terrain
• 1.4 Long-range detection of activity
• 1.5 Intercept direction finding [6,7]
• 1.6 Navigation for geolocation
• 1.7 General mapping of terrain and movement
• 1.8 Tactical target detection
• 1.8.1 Stationary targets
• 1.8.2 Moving targets
• 1.9 Sea surveillance
• 1.10 Object imaging
• 1.11 Radar patch size and minimum velocity requirements
• 1.12 Cueing of EO sensors
• 1.13 Tactical target persistent surveillance from space [9,10]
• 1.14 Summary
• References

Inspec keywords: military radar; surveillance; search radar; synthetic aperture radar

Other keywords: Intercept; SAR; GMTI; radar-based persistent surveillance; tactical surveillance elements

Subjects: Optical systems (military and defence); Radar and radiowave systems (military and defence)