Radar Systems

Catalog description

This course provides a general understanding of radar systems at the graduate level, building upon material covered in undergraduate courses in electromagnetics, signals and systems, and antenna theory. In particular, it investigates the theory of radar systems and subsystems, and continues with the analysis of the radar equation, target detection in noise, and clutter phenomena. It includes radar techniques to enhance high range resolution of targets such as pulse compression. It also considers radar tracking, synthetic aperture radar, radar polarimetry, target recognition, scattering process, radar signal processing, electronic counter-measure techniques, and laser radar. Building on these concepts, students will understand the usage and applications of various types of radar system designs. Students will understand propagation, multi-path, and clutter phenomena and their effects on radar system performance. Students will recognize, identify, and apply proper radar techniques and apply these techniques to a variety of remote sensing radar applications.