Airborne Radar
Airborne Radar
Airborne Radar
TYPES OF RADAR
DOPPLER RADAR
CW
PULSED
HIGH
PRF
MEDIUM
PRF
LOW
PRF
COHERENT
ON Rx
FULLY
COHERENT
FULLY
COHERENT
FULLY
COHERENT
FULLY
CHERENT
NON
COHERENT
Pulse-Doppler Radar
The radar that is capable of measuring the frequency shift
between the transmitted frequency and the frequency of
reflections received from the objects. Doppler radars most
often used to discriminate between the return from a desired
target and that from undesired objects, usually ground clutter.
f=transmitting frequency
v=component of aircraft velocity in
direction of observer
f v
f d
c
The total doppler shift observed in twice the one-way shift and
is given by
f d
NOTE
Applications
High Resolution ground mapping
SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
IFF (Identification of friend or foe)
Tracking Radar
Surveillance Radar
Weather Radar
Phase Shifters
Examples
APQ-164
MiG-31
APG-77
Pulse Compression
In general applications, radar waveforms may be
modulated in phase or frequency to increase
bandwidth of the transmitted pulse.
This enhanced bandwidth may then be used by
matched filtering on receive to increase range
resolution of the radar system.
This general technique, called pulse compression,
is often used in modern radar systems to maintain
a required range and resolution while increasing
pulse energy and resulting average power.
Green
Light returns
0.7 - 4 mm/hr
Yellow
Medium returns
4 - 12 mm/hr.
Red
Strong returns
Magenta
Turbulence
N/a
References
Airborne Pulsed Doppler Radar
Second Edition
Guy Morris Linda Harkness