Mark Richards is a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, teaching and conducting research in the areas of digital signal processing, radar signal processing, and high performance embedded computing. He was previously Chief of the Radar Systems Division in the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). He is the author of Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (McGraw-Hill, 2005), as well as co-editor or contributor to four other books. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 1982.Jim Scheer has 40 years of hands-on experience in the design, development, and analysis of radar systems. He currently consults and works part time for GTRI and teaches radar-related short courses. He began his career with the General Electric Company (now Lockheed Martin Corporation), working on the F-111 attack radar system. In 1975 he moved to GTRI, where he worked on radar system applied research until his retirement in 2004. Mr. Scheer is an IEEE Life Fellow and holds a BSEE degree from Clarkson University and the MSEE degree from Syracuse University.Bill Holm is the associate vice provost for distance learning & professional education at Georgia Tech, program director for the defense technology professional education program, and is a principal research scientist at GTRI. His research in radar technology, signal processing techniques, and related subjects has resulted in over 75 technical papers, research papers, and book chapters. His 30+ years of instruction experience include the Principles of Modern Radar and Basic Radar Concepts short courses and teaching in the School of Physics. Dr. Holm holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from Georgia Tech.

• Part I: OverviewChapter 1: Introduction and Radar OverviewChapter 2: The Radar Range EquationChapter 3: Radar Search and Overview of Detection in InterferencePart II: External FactorsChapter 4: Propagation Effects and MechanismsChapter 5: Characteristics of ClutterChapter 6: Target ReflectivityChapter 7: Target Fluctuation ModelsChapter 8: Doppler Phenomenology and Data AcquisitionPart III: SubsystemsChapter 9: Radar AntennasChapter 10: Radar TransmittersChapter 11: Radar ReceiversChapter 12: Radar ExcitersChapter 13: The Radar Signal ProcessorPart IV: Signal and Data ProcessingChapter 14: Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals for RadarChapter 15: Threshold Detection of Radar TargetsChapter 16: Constant False Alarm Rate DetectorsChapter 17: Doppler ProcessingChapter 18: Radar MeasurementsChapter 19: Radar Tracking AlgorithmsChapter 20: Fundamentals of Pulse Compression WaveformsChapter 21: An Overview of Radar ImagingAppendix A: Maxwell's Equations and Decibel NotationAppendix B: Answers to Selected Problems

Mark Richards is a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, teaching and conducting research in the areas of digital signal processing, radar signal processing, and high performance embedded computing. He was previously Chief of the Radar Systems Division in the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). He is the author of Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (McGraw-Hill, 2005), as well as co-editor or contributor to four other books. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 1982.Jim Scheer has 40 years of hands-on experience in the design, development, and analysis of radar systems. He currently consults and works part time for GTRI and teaches radar-related short courses. He began his career with the General Electric Company (now Lockheed Martin Corporation), working on the F-111 attack radar system. In 1975 he moved to GTRI, where he worked on radar system applied research until his retirement in 2004. Mr. Scheer is an IEEE Life Fellow and holds a BSEE degree from Clarkson University and the MSEE degree from Syracuse University.Bill Holm is the associate vice provost for distance learning & professional education at Georgia Tech, program director for the defense technology professional education program, and is a principal research scientist at GTRI. His research in radar technology, signal processing techniques, and related subjects has resulted in over 75 technical papers, research papers, and book chapters. His 30+ years of instruction experience include the Principles of Modern Radar and Basic Radar Concepts short courses and teaching in the School of Physics. Dr. Holm holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from Georgia Tech.

• Part I: OverviewChapter 1: Introduction and Radar OverviewChapter 2: The Radar Range EquationChapter 3: Radar Search and Overview of Detection in InterferencePart II: External FactorsChapter 4: Propagation Effects and MechanismsChapter 5: Characteristics of ClutterChapter 6: Target ReflectivityChapter 7: Target Fluctuation ModelsChapter 8: Doppler Phenomenology and Data AcquisitionPart III: SubsystemsChapter 9: Radar AntennasChapter 10: Radar TransmittersChapter 11: Radar ReceiversChapter 12: Radar ExcitersChapter 13: The Radar Signal ProcessorPart IV: Signal and Data ProcessingChapter 14: Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals for RadarChapter 15: Threshold Detection of Radar TargetsChapter 16: Constant False Alarm Rate DetectorsChapter 17: Doppler ProcessingChapter 18: Radar MeasurementsChapter 19: Radar Tracking AlgorithmsChapter 20: Fundamentals of Pulse Compression WaveformsChapter 21: An Overview of Radar ImagingAppendix A: Maxwell's Equations and Decibel NotationAppendix B: Answers to Selected Problems

Mark Richards is a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, teaching and conducting research in the areas of digital signal processing, radar signal processing, and high performance embedded computing. He was previously Chief of the Radar Systems Division in the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). He is the author of Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (McGraw-Hill, 2005), as well as co-editor or contributor to four other books. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 1982.Jim Scheer has 40 years of hands-on experience in the design, development, and analysis of radar systems. He currently consults and works part time for GTRI and teaches radar-related short courses. He began his career with the General Electric Company (now Lockheed Martin Corporation), working on the F-111 attack radar system. In 1975 he moved to GTRI, where he worked on radar system applied research until his retirement in 2004. Mr. Scheer is an IEEE Life Fellow and holds a BSEE degree from Clarkson University and the MSEE degree from Syracuse University.Bill Holm is the associate vice provost for distance learning & professional education at Georgia Tech, program director for the defense technology professional education program, and is a principal research scientist at GTRI. His research in radar technology, signal processing techniques, and related subjects has resulted in over 75 technical papers, research papers, and book chapters. His 30+ years of instruction experience include the Principles of Modern Radar and Basic Radar Concepts short courses and teaching in the School of Physics. Dr. Holm holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from Georgia Tech.

• Part I: OverviewChapter 1: Introduction and Radar OverviewChapter 2: The Radar Range EquationChapter 3: Radar Search and Overview of Detection in InterferencePart II: External FactorsChapter 4: Propagation Effects and MechanismsChapter 5: Characteristics of ClutterChapter 6: Target ReflectivityChapter 7: Target Fluctuation ModelsChapter 8: Doppler Phenomenology and Data AcquisitionPart III: SubsystemsChapter 9: Radar AntennasChapter 10: Radar TransmittersChapter 11: Radar ReceiversChapter 12: Radar ExcitersChapter 13: The Radar Signal ProcessorPart IV: Signal and Data ProcessingChapter 14: Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals for RadarChapter 15: Threshold Detection of Radar TargetsChapter 16: Constant False Alarm Rate DetectorsChapter 17: Doppler ProcessingChapter 18: Radar MeasurementsChapter 19: Radar Tracking AlgorithmsChapter 20: Fundamentals of Pulse Compression WaveformsChapter 21: An Overview of Radar ImagingAppendix A: Maxwell's Equations and Decibel NotationAppendix B: Answers to Selected Problems