Basic radar definitions; radar equation; receiver noise; probability of detection and signal-to-noise ratio; receiver band width; target cross-section and cross-section fluctuations with statistical description of RCS; antenna coverage and gain; system losses.

Signal Models for Radar: Amplitude models, range equation and its distributed target forms, Clutter: signal to clutter ratio, temporal and spatial correlation of clutter, compound models for RCS; Noise model and signal to noise ratio; spatial model: variation with angle, variation with range, projections, multipath, spectral models.

Types of Radar: CW, FMCW and multiple-frequency CW radars; MTI: delay line cancelers; transversal filters; low, medium, and high-PRF radars; staggered PRF; multiple PRF ranging; digital MTI; Doppler filter bank and its generation; Reflection of radar waves; Tracking radars: conical scan radar; error signal of conical-scan radar; mono pulse radars; error signal of amplitude comparison mono pulse

Radar detection as hypothesis Testing: Neyman-Pearson detection rule, likelihood ratio test; threshold detection of radar signals: non-coherent integration of non-fluctuating targets, Albersheim and Shnidaman equations; Binary integration.

Phased array and Imaging radar: Phase array working and feed systems; Introduction to Beam forming: conventional beam forming, adaptive beam forming;Synthetic aperture radars (SAR) and pulse compression techniques; SAR Fundamentals: cross range resolution in Radar, synthetic aperture viewpoint, Strip map SAR Data Characteristics: Strip map SAR Geometry, Strip map SAR dataset; Strip map SAR Image Formation Algorithm, Introduction of Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR and its principle, Remote sensing applications of radars.

Same as Reference

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2. Radar Design Principles: Signal Processing and The Environment, Fred E. Nathanson, 2nd Edition, 1999, PHI.

3. Introduction to Radar Systems, M.I. Skolnik, 3rd Edition, 2001, TMH.

4. Radar Signals, N. Levanon and E. Mozeson, Wiley-Blackwell, 2004.

5. Processing of SAR Data: Fundamentals, Signal Processing, Interferometry A. Hein, Springer, 2010.

6. Introduction to Radar Systems, M.I. Skolnik, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.

7. Radar Principles, P. Z. Peebles, Wiley, 2007.

8. Radar Principles, Peyton Z. Peebles, Jr., 2004, John Wiley.

9. Radar Signal Processing and Adaptive Systems, R. Nitzberg, Artech House, 1999.