Radar Principles for the Non-Specialist Third Edition

| a | = Radius of the sphere, meters; Dimension of the square, meters |
| A | = Physical area of the antenna, meters; Phasor amplitude, volts; Effective aperture area, square meters; Effective intercept area of the target, square meters |
| A( y) | = Current distribution in the y-z plane |
| A c | = Area of the clutter intercepted by the radar pulse, square meters |
| A e | = Effective area of the receive antenna, meters; Effective area of the antenna, meters; Electromagnetic area of the object as seen by the radar, square meters |
| a nt | = Radius of the nose tip, meters |
| B | = Entire phase progression across the array, radians |
| B | = Receiver filter bandwidth, hertz; Number of different phase shifts, no units |
| B j | = Jammer noise bandwidth, hertz |
| B RWR | = RWR bandwidth, hertz |
| c | = Speed of light, 3 10 8 meters/second |
| C( f) | = Clutter voltage frequency domain |
| C 0 | = Clutter amplitude |
| C CR | = Clutter cancellation ratio |
| d | = Array element spacing, meters; Physical distance between ar ray elements, meters; Diameter of the cylinder, meters; Physical length of the antenna, meters |
| D | = Antenna length, meters; Length of the ar ray, meters; Dimension of the object, meters; Synthetic aperture length, meters |
| dB | = Decibel, no units |
| dBm | = Decibels relative to one milliwatt, car ries the units of milliwatts |
| dBsm | = Decibels... |