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Pieces of the Action

by Vannevar Bush ...

An inside account of one of the most innovative R&D ecosystems of the 20th century, from the man who was at the center of it all.Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush—engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government-funded science—sought to eliminate roadblocks to innovation in science and technology. In Pieces of the Action, a collection of memoir-essays, he reflects ... Read more

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An inside account of one of the most innovative R&D ecosystems of the 20th century, from the man who was at the center of it all.Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush—engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government-funded science—sought to eliminate roadblocks to innovation in science and technology. In Pieces of the Action, a collection of memoir-essays, he reflects
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The History of Air Intercept Radar & the British Nightfighter 1935–1959

by Ian White ...

This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII.In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom was desperate to develop some form of protection from an enemy air strike. As early as 1923, the British Army had devised "sound mirrors" that could detect aircraft up to twelve miles away. This technical ... Read more

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This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII.In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom was desperate to develop some form of protection from an enemy air strike. As early as 1923, the British Army had devised "sound mirrors" that could detect aircraft up to twelve miles away. This technical
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Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing

Techniques and Applications

Edited by Shashi Kumar, Paul Siqueira, Himanshu Govil, Shefali Agrawal ...

This book provides basic and advanced concepts of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), PolSAR, InSAR, PolInSAR, and all necessary information about various applications and analysis of data of multiple sensors. It includes information on SAR remote sensing, data processing, and separate applications of SAR technology, compiled in one place. It will help readers to use active microwave imaging sensor ... Read more

$91.99 USD

This book provides basic and advanced concepts of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), PolSAR, InSAR, PolInSAR, and all necessary information about various applications and analysis of data of multiple sensors. It includes information on SAR remote sensing, data processing, and separate applications of SAR technology, compiled in one place. It will help readers to use active microwave imaging sensor
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Cooperative Localization and Navigation

Theory, Research, and Practice

Edited by Chao Gao, Guorong Zhao, Hassen Fourati ...

This book captures the latest results and techniques for cooperative localization and navigation drawn from a broad array of disciplines. It provides the reader with a generic and comprehensive view of modeling, strategies, and state estimation methodologies in that fields. It discusses the most recent research and novel advances in that direction, exploring the design of algorithms and ... Read more

$72.99 USD

This book captures the latest results and techniques for cooperative localization and navigation drawn from a broad array of disciplines. It provides the reader with a generic and comprehensive view of modeling, strategies, and state estimation methodologies in that fields. It discusses the most recent research and novel advances in that direction, exploring the design of algorithms and
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Airborne Circularly Polarized SAR

Theory, System Design, Hardware Implementation, and Applications

by Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo, Ming Yam Chua, Cahya Edi Santosa, Yuta Izumi ...

Series series SAR Remote Sensing
A comprehensive resource on airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems, Airborne Circularly Polarized SAR explains the theory, system design, hardware and software, and applications of airborne circularly polarized SAR in environmental monitoring and other uses. Readers learn how to build the hardware and software of circularly polarized SAR, the antenna system, and how to generate point ... Read more

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A comprehensive resource on airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems, Airborne Circularly Polarized SAR explains the theory, system design, hardware and software, and applications of airborne circularly polarized SAR in environmental monitoring and other uses. Readers learn how to build the hardware and software of circularly polarized SAR, the antenna system, and how to generate point
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Linear Induction Accelerators for High-Power Microwave Devices

by Igor Vintizenko ...

Linear induction accelerators are successfully used as power supplies for numerous devices of relativistic high-frequency electronics. This book addresses ways to solve physical and engineering problems arising in the calculation, design, modeling and operation of linear induction accelerators intended for supplying relativistic microwave devices. It reviews and analyzes both classic and recent ... Read more

$70.99 USD

Linear induction accelerators are successfully used as power supplies for numerous devices of relativistic high-frequency electronics. This book addresses ways to solve physical and engineering problems arising in the calculation, design, modeling and operation of linear induction accelerators intended for supplying relativistic microwave devices. It reviews and analyzes both classic and recent
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SAR Image Interpretation for Various Land Covers

A Practical Guide

by Elizabeth Simms ...

This full color book is a comprehensive visual reference for the interpretation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images with examples of how technological specifications may affect interpretation solutions. It contains a summary review of image acquisition parameters of consequence on the visual representation of objects, introduces traditional interpretation keys under different light and ... Read more

$56.99 USD

This full color book is a comprehensive visual reference for the interpretation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images with examples of how technological specifications may affect interpretation solutions. It contains a summary review of image acquisition parameters of consequence on the visual representation of objects, introduces traditional interpretation keys under different light and
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Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Aerial and Ground Radar Objects

Edited by Oleg I. Sukharevsky ...

Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Aerial and Ground Radar Objects presents the theory, original calculation methods, and computational results of the scattering characteristics of different aerial and ground radar objects. This must-have book provides essential background for computing electromagnetic wave scattering in the presence of different kinds of irregularities, as well asSummarizes ... Read more

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Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Aerial and Ground Radar Objects presents the theory, original calculation methods, and computational results of the scattering characteristics of different aerial and ground radar objects. This must-have book provides essential background for computing electromagnetic wave scattering in the presence of different kinds of irregularities, as well asSummarizes
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Antennas

From Theory to Practice

by Yi Huang ...

Antennas From Theory to PracticeComprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and latest developments in antennas and antenna designIn the newly revised Second Edition of Antennas: From Theory to Practice, renowned researcher, engineer, and author Professor Yi Huang delivers comprehensive and timely coverage of issues in modern antenna design and theory. Practical and accessible, the book is written ... Read more

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Antennas From Theory to PracticeComprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and latest developments in antennas and antenna designIn the newly revised Second Edition of Antennas: From Theory to Practice, renowned researcher, engineer, and author Professor Yi Huang delivers comprehensive and timely coverage of issues in modern antenna design and theory. Practical and accessible, the book is written
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Antennas

Rigorous Methods of Analysis and Synthesis

by Boris Levin ...

The book comprises a new method of solving the integral equation of Leontovich, the most rigorous and most effective equation for the current in thin linear antennas. The book describes the features of the new method in its application in various types of antennas. It considers new ways of analyzing antennas, in particular in the calculation of an antenna gain based on main radiation patterns and ... Read more

$68.99 USD

The book comprises a new method of solving the integral equation of Leontovich, the most rigorous and most effective equation for the current in thin linear antennas. The book describes the features of the new method in its application in various types of antennas. It considers new ways of analyzing antennas, in particular in the calculation of an antenna gain based on main radiation patterns and
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Beamforming: Sensor Signal Processing For Defence Applications

by Athanassios Manikas ...

Series Book 5 - Communications And Signal Processing
Beamforming: Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Applications presents a range of important research contributions concerned with sensor array signal processing and, in particular, with the superresolution beamformers fundamental to many civilian and defence applications. Both space and space-time (STAP) beamforming algorithms and their application to radar systems are considered with emphasis ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Beamforming: Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Applications presents a range of important research contributions concerned with sensor array signal processing and, in particular, with the superresolution beamformers fundamental to many civilian and defence applications. Both space and space-time (STAP) beamforming algorithms and their application to radar systems are considered with emphasis
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Target Tracking by Airborne Radar Systems

Airborne Radar Systems and Single Target Tracking

by Vyacheslav Tuzlukov ...

Automated target tracking is a necessary function of airborne radar and radio control systems. At the present time, there is no classified approach to design and construct principles, functioning features, methods, algorithms, and procedures of synthesis and analysis of airborne radar target tracking systems by the range, velocity, and azimuth, satisfying all long‑term requirements. The first ... Read more

$244.99 USD

Automated target tracking is a necessary function of airborne radar and radio control systems. At the present time, there is no classified approach to design and construct principles, functioning features, methods, algorithms, and procedures of synthesis and analysis of airborne radar target tracking systems by the range, velocity, and azimuth, satisfying all long‑term requirements. The first
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A Holdig pislákoló fény

by Ilonka Mária ...

Magyar kutatók a második világháború után Hold-radar kísérletet végeztek Bay Zoltán professzor vezetésével. A könyv a Tungsram nevű magyar vállalat történetét foglalja össze. ... Read more

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Magyar kutatók a második világháború után Hold-radar kísérletet végeztek Bay Zoltán professzor vezetésével. A könyv a Tungsram nevű magyar vállalat történetét foglalja össze.
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Optimization of Multilayered Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) using Nature Inspired Algorithm

by Vineetha Joy, Vishal G. Padwal, Hema Singh, Raveendranath U. Nair ...

Stealth technology is a crucial pre-requisite in the combat zone, where swiftness, surprise and initiative are the decisive elements for survivability. The supreme goal here is to reduce the visibility of military vehicles by shaping, application of radar absorbing materials, passive cancellation, active cancellation etc. With respect to multilayered radar absorbing structures (RAS), this book ... Read more

$70.99 USD

Stealth technology is a crucial pre-requisite in the combat zone, where swiftness, surprise and initiative are the decisive elements for survivability. The supreme goal here is to reduce the visibility of military vehicles by shaping, application of radar absorbing materials, passive cancellation, active cancellation etc. With respect to multilayered radar absorbing structures (RAS), this book
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Die Breitband-Fernkabel der Deutschen Reichspost Band II

Band II, das Fk503 Berlin - Tremmen - Hamburg

by Jürgen Bauch ...

Series Book 2 - Die Breitband-Fernkabel der Deutschen Reichspost
In diesem Buch, Die Breitband Fernkabel des Deutschen Reiches 1930-1945-2020, Band II das Fk503 ,3.Auflage wurden neue Erkenntnisse aus Kabelfunden und Hinweisen von Zeitzeugen eingearbeitet. Weiterhin wurden einige Bilder überarbeitet bzw. entfernt. Das Buch entstand nach über 14- jähriger Recherche in vielen Archiven und an Originalplätzen des ehemaligen Breitband Fernkabels Fk503 Berlin - ... Read more

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In diesem Buch, Die Breitband Fernkabel des Deutschen Reiches 1930-1945-2020, Band II das Fk503 ,3.Auflage wurden neue Erkenntnisse aus Kabelfunden und Hinweisen von Zeitzeugen eingearbeitet. Weiterhin wurden einige Bilder überarbeitet bzw. entfernt. Das Buch entstand nach über 14- jähriger Recherche in vielen Archiven und an Originalplätzen des ehemaligen Breitband Fernkabels Fk503 Berlin -
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Compressive Sensing for Urban Radar

Edited by Moeness Amin ...

With the emergence of compressive sensing and sparse signal reconstruction, approaches to urban radar have shifted toward relaxed constraints on signal sampling schemes in time and space, and to effectively address logistic difficulties in data acquisition. Traditionally, these challenges have hindered high resolution imaging by restricting both bandwidth and aperture, and by imposing uniformity ... Read more

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With the emergence of compressive sensing and sparse signal reconstruction, approaches to urban radar have shifted toward relaxed constraints on signal sampling schemes in time and space, and to effectively address logistic difficulties in data acquisition. Traditionally, these challenges have hindered high resolution imaging by restricting both bandwidth and aperture, and by imposing uniformity
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SAR Image Analysis - A Computational Statistics Approach

With R Code, Data, and Applications

by Alejandro C. Frery, Jie Wu, Luis Gomez ...

SAR IMAGE ANALYSIS — A COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS APPROACHDiscover how to use statistics to extract information from SAR imageryIn SAR Image Analysis — A Computational Statistics Approach, an accomplished team of researchers delivers a practical exploration of how to use statistics to extract information from SAR imagery. The authors discuss various models, supply sample data and code, and explain ... Read more

$115.00 USD

SAR IMAGE ANALYSIS — A COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS APPROACHDiscover how to use statistics to extract information from SAR imageryIn SAR Image Analysis — A Computational Statistics Approach, an accomplished team of researchers delivers a practical exploration of how to use statistics to extract information from SAR imagery. The authors discuss various models, supply sample data and code, and explain
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Shift Register Sequences: Secure And Limited-access Code Generators, Efficiency Code Generators, Prescribed Property Generators, Mathematical Models (Third Revised Edition)

by Solomon W Golomb ...

Shift register sequences cover a broad range of applications, from radar signal design, pseudo-random number generation, digital wireless telephony, and many other areas in coded communications. It is the primary area for which the author, Dr Golomb, received the US National Medal of Science. This book is the third, revised edition of the original definitive book on shift register sequences which ... Read more

$84.59 USD

Shift register sequences cover a broad range of applications, from radar signal design, pseudo-random number generation, digital wireless telephony, and many other areas in coded communications. It is the primary area for which the author, Dr Golomb, received the US National Medal of Science. This book is the third, revised edition of the original definitive book on shift register sequences which
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Ultra-wideband RF System Engineering

Edited by Thomas Zwick, Werner Wiesbeck, Jens Timmermann, Grzegorz Adamiuk ...

Series series EuMA High Frequency Technologies Series
This comprehensive summary of the state of the art in Ultra Wideband (UWB) system engineering takes you through all aspects of UWB design, from components through the propagation channel to system engineering aspects. Mathematical tools and basics are covered, allowing for a complete characterisation and description of the UWB scenario, in both the time and the frequency domains. UWB MMICs, ... Read more

$81.19 USD

This comprehensive summary of the state of the art in Ultra Wideband (UWB) system engineering takes you through all aspects of UWB design, from components through the propagation channel to system engineering aspects. Mathematical tools and basics are covered, allowing for a complete characterisation and description of the UWB scenario, in both the time and the frequency domains. UWB MMICs,
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Electromagnetic and Acoustic Wave Tomography

Direct and Inverse Problems in Practical Applications

Edited by Nathan Blaunstein, Vladimir Yakubov ...

This book discusses the development of radio-wave tomography methods as a means of remote non-destructive testing, diagnostics of the internal structure of semi-transparent media, and reconstruction of the shapes of opaque objects based on multi-angle sounding. It describes physical-mathematical models of systems designed to reconstruct images of hidden objects, based on tomographic processing of ... Read more

$66.99 USD

This book discusses the development of radio-wave tomography methods as a means of remote non-destructive testing, diagnostics of the internal structure of semi-transparent media, and reconstruction of the shapes of opaque objects based on multi-angle sounding. It describes physical-mathematical models of systems designed to reconstruct images of hidden objects, based on tomographic processing of
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Adaptive Detection for Multichannel Signals in Non-Ideal Environments

by Zeyu Wang, Weijian Liu, Hongmeng Chen ...

This book systematically presents adaptive multichannel signal detection in three types of non-ideal environments, including sample-starved scenarios, signal mismatch scenarios, and noise plus subspace interference environments.The authors provide definitions of key concepts, detailed derivations of adaptive multichannel signal detectors, and specific examples for each non-ideal environment. In ... Read more

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This book systematically presents adaptive multichannel signal detection in three types of non-ideal environments, including sample-starved scenarios, signal mismatch scenarios, and noise plus subspace interference environments.The authors provide definitions of key concepts, detailed derivations of adaptive multichannel signal detectors, and specific examples for each non-ideal environment. In
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Polarisation: Applications in Remote Sensing

by Shane Cloude ...

This book combines, for the first time, the topics of radar polarimetry and interferometry. This combination was first developed in 1997 and has since become a major topic in radar sciences and their applications, in particular to space sciences. In its simplest form it concerns the study of interferograms formed by combining waves with different polarisations and their exploitation to infer ... Read more

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This book combines, for the first time, the topics of radar polarimetry and interferometry. This combination was first developed in 1997 and has since become a major topic in radar sciences and their applications, in particular to space sciences. In its simplest form it concerns the study of interferograms formed by combining waves with different polarisations and their exploitation to infer
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Non-Imaging Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Sensors for Concealed Object Detection

by Boris Y. Kapilevich, Stuart W. Harmer, Nicholas J. Bowring ...

In response to the ever-increasing global threat of terrorist attacks, the personal screening industry has been growing at a rapid rate. Many methods have been developed for detecting concealed weapons and explosives on the human body. In this important new book, the authors discuss their experiences over the last decade designing and testing microwave and millimetre wave detection and screening ... Read more

$125.99 USD

In response to the ever-increasing global threat of terrorist attacks, the personal screening industry has been growing at a rapid rate. Many methods have been developed for detecting concealed weapons and explosives on the human body. In this important new book, the authors discuss their experiences over the last decade designing and testing microwave and millimetre wave detection and screening
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Scattering Characteristics of Aerial and Ground Radar Objects

by Oleg I. Sukharevsky, Vitaly A. Vasilets ...

This book presents computations for various types of aerial and ground objects. It contains a brief explanation of the theoretical calculation methods used for obtaining scattering characteristics of these objects. It provides working examples for the analysis of electromagnetic wave scattering processes by different objects.Scattering Characteristics of Aerial and Ground Radar Objects is divided ... Read more

$280.00 USD

This book presents computations for various types of aerial and ground objects. It contains a brief explanation of the theoretical calculation methods used for obtaining scattering characteristics of these objects. It provides working examples for the analysis of electromagnetic wave scattering processes by different objects.Scattering Characteristics of Aerial and Ground Radar Objects is divided
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