This book covers all aspects of foliage penetration (FOPEN) radar for both airborne military systems and earth resource mapping. It is the first book to be published on the subject.

In 1995, James D. Taylor's Introduction to Ultra-Wideband Radar Systems introduced engineers to the theory behind a promising new concept for remote sensing. Since then, the field has undergone enormous growth with new applications realized and more applications conceptualized at a remarkable pace. However, understanding ultra-wideband (UWB) radar requires a new philosophical approach. Concepts such as radar cross section will have new meanings as range resolution becomes smaller than the target. Ultra-Wideband Radar Technology is a guide to the future of radar by an international team of experts. They present the problems, solutions, and examples of UWB radar remote sensing. Chapters discuss the theory and ideas for future systems development, and show the potential capabilities. The writers present concepts such as the differences between UWB and conventional radars, improving over-resolved target detection, receivers and waveforms, micropower systems, high power switching, and bistatic radar polarimetry. Finding comparable information elsewhere might require consulting hundreds of other books, technical journals, and symposium proceedings. Ultra-Wideband Radar Technology offers a unique opportunity to explore the theory, applications, and technology of UWB radar within a single source.

This book describes the key elements of the subject of surface penetrating radar, and in general terms the inter-relationship between those topics in electromagnetism, soil science, geophysics and signal processing which form part of its design.

Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 6 was held at theAmerican Electromagnetics 2002 conference June 3-7, 2002 at the U.S.Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Topics include: UWB RadarSystems; UWB Antennas; Scattering; Pulsed Power; Short-PulseMeasurement Techniques; Time-Domain Computation Techniques; Time-Domain Signal Processing; UWB Polarimetry; UWB Sensing ofTerrain; Wavelets & Multi-Resolution Algorithms; Target Detection &Discrimination; Propagation; Underground & Subsurface Propagation; Electromagnetic Theory; New Canonical Problems, Benchmark Solutions; Signal Processing.

Providing a practical review of the latest technology in the field, Ultrawideband Radar Applications and Design presents cutting-edge advances in theory, design, and practical applications of ultrawideband (UWB) radar. This book features contributions from an international team of experts to help readers learn about a wide range of UWB topics, including: History of the technology American and European governmental regulations and key definitions Nonsinusoidal wave propagation theory Random signal radar Object detection by ground permittivity measurements Large-target backscattering effects Medical applications Large current radiator antenna design Materials-penetrating theory Radar signal processing Weak-signal detection methods Holographic and real time radar imaging This book’s contributors use practical information to illustrate the latest theoretical developments and demonstrate UWB radar principles through case studies. Radar system engineers will find ideas for precision electronic sensing systems for use in medical, security, industrial, construction, and geophysical applications, as well as those used in archeological, forensic and transportation operations.

This unique resource presents the principles of meter wave ground imaging radar focusing on foliage penetration. Scattering of VHF/UHF radar signals are presented including the basic laws of electromagnetism, homogeneous media, media discontinuities/non-flat media discontinuities, and ground reflectivity. The book introduces meter wavelength synthetic aperture radar, bandwidth, and SAR imaging principles, including moving objects and also compares collected SAR data. Meter wavelength SAR system design and processing is explored, highlighting low frequency SAR design aspects, characterization of additive noise, antenna system basics, waveforms and emission adaptation which is critical material to the advancement in sensors and signal processing for below ground imaging by the energy industry and governments worldwide. The FFBP method of processing, explicit treatment of base 2 FFBP is explained along with motion errors sensitivity and motion estimation methods. The book also explains the Bayesian change detection, covariance moving target extraction and polarimetric subsurface imaging.

This book is about spaceborne missions and instruments. In addition, surveys of airborne missions and of campaigns can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM in pdf-format. Compared with the 3rd edition the spaceborne part grew from about 300 to 1000 pages. The complete text - including the electronic-only chapters - contains more than 1900 pages. New chapters treat the history of Earth observation and university missions. The number of commercial Earth imaging missions has grown significantly. A chapter contains reference data and definitions. Extensive appendices provide a comprehensive glossary, acronyms and abbreviations and an index of sensors. An effort has been made to present the information in context, to point out relationships and interconnections. The book may serve as a reference and guide to all involved in the various national and international space programs: researchers and managers, service providers and data users, teachers and students.

The book describes a new form of radar for which the target response is frequency, i.e., resonance-dependent. The book provides both prototype designs and empirical results collected from a variety of targets. The new form of radar, called RAMAR (Resonance and Aspect Matched Adaptive Radar) advances radar — mere ranging and detection — to the level of RF spectroscopy, and permits an advance of spectroscopic methods from optical, through infra-red and into the RF spectral range. The book will describe how a target's response can be a function of frequency components in the transmitted signal's envelope as well as the signal's carrier.