Because radar engineers often deal in power, decibels relative to a watt or decibels relative to a milliwatt are used. Another common use of decibels is for RCS, decibels relative to a square meter. Some approximate decibel values usually memorized by radar people are shown in this appendix.

Inspec keywords: radar; units (measurement)

Other keywords: decibels; watt; RCS; square meter; radar engineers; milliwatt; radar cross section

Subjects: Radar and radionavigation