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Target Reflectivity

Target Reflectivity

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The basic motivation for this chapter is to describe a key link in the understanding of radar: how does a radar wave, more properly known as an electromagnetic (EM) wave, transmitted from some transmitter source, interact with a target to produce reflected energy at some receiver position? The goals for this chapter are as follows: 1. To understand what an electromagnetic wave is. 2. To understand its properties. 3. To describe a measure of the amount of reflected energy, a quantity known as radar cross section (RCS). 4. To understand basic scattering or reflectivity physics. 5. To focus on the typical microwave scattering mechanisms. 6. To understand how two or more scattering centers add and subtract. 7. To illustrate examples of high-frequency scattering from targets along with scattering center images.

Chapter Contents:

  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Basic Reflection Physics
  • 6.3 Radar Cross Section Definition
  • 6.4 Three Scattering Regimes
  • 6.5 High-Frequency Scattering
  • 6.6 Examples
  • 6.7 Further Reading
  • 6.8 References
  • 6.9 Problems

Inspec keywords: reflectivity; microwave propagation; radar cross-sections; electromagnetic wave scattering

Other keywords: radar cross-section; scattering center images; target reflectivity; RCS; microwave scattering mechanisms; radar wave; reflectivity physics; high-frequency scattering; electromagnetic wave; transmitter source; EM wave; reflected energy

Subjects: Radar equipment, systems and applications; Radiowave propagation

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