Description
Surveillance radar: radar equation, minimum detectable signal, pulse integration, cross-section fluctuations, PRF, range ambiguities, staggered PRF. MTI radars: coherent operation, delay Line cancellers, FFT. Radio navigation: lines of position, NDB, VOR, DME, ILS. GPS: orbits, pseudo-ranges, position determination, GDOP, ionosphere. Geoide, coordinate frames.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department.
Conditions and arrangements
- Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department.
- Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis 3 hours alternate weeks.
Reference text in its original language
Surveillance radar: radar equation, minimum detectable signal, pulse integration, cross-section fluctuations, PRF, range ambiguities, staggered PRF. MTI radars: coherent operation, delay Line cancellers, FFT. Radio navigation: lines of position, NDB, VOR, DME, ILS. GPS: orbits, pseudo-ranges, position determination, GDOP, ionosphere. Geoide, coordinate frames.
- Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department.
- Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis 3 hours alternate weeks.
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Source reference : https://calendar.carleton.ca/undergrad/courses/ELEC/