Radar Techniques Using Array Antennas
By Wulf-Dieter Wirth

Glossary

A

a
signal amplitude
A
high decision threshold for sequential test
A[ N,K]
matrix with K antenna vectors as columns of length N
a 0
design signal for sequential test function
ABF
adaptive beamforming
ACE
autocorrelation estimate
ADC
analogue-to-digital converter
AER
airborne experimental array radar of FGAN
a i
design signal for sequential test function at range i
ARM
antiradar missile
ASR
air surveillance radar
?
false-alarm probability

B

B
bandwidth
B
low decision threshold for sequential test
b
signal vector
BB
baseband
BP
number of beam positions
BW
beam width
?
abbreviation for 2 ?/?, target-missing probability

C

CNR
clutter-to-noise power ratio
CPI
coherent processing interval
CRI
cross-range repetition interval
CW
continuous wave signal
C w( ?)
cross-spectral matrix of clutter

D

D
dynamic range
d
Doppler factor
d
Doppler vector, difference weighting vector
D
beam separation
D( u( t))
directional two-way antenna pattern
DOA
direction of arrival
DSP
digital signal processor
?
Jacobi determinant
? R
range interval according frame time

E

E{ x}
expectation of variable x
ECCM
electronic counter countermeasures
ECM
electronic countermeasure
ELRA
experimental electronic steerable radar
?
decision threshold

F

F
noise factor
f
frequency, sweep factor
f( ?/ ? 0)
array factor for steering direction ? 0 or u 0
f d
Doppler frequency shift
FET
field effect transistor
FET
fast Fourier transform
FIR
finite impulse response
FSST, FST
fixed sample size test, fixed sample test

G

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