Target Detection by Marine Radar
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2004
Cloth: 978-0-86341-359-9 | eISBN: 978-1-84919-082-4
Library of Congress Classification TK6580.B75 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 623.8933
Cloth: 978-0-86341-359-9 | eISBN: 978-1-84919-082-4
Library of Congress Classification TK6580.B75 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 623.8933
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Radar is a legal necessity for the safe navigation of merchant ships, and within vessel traffic services is indispensable to the operation of major ports and harbours. Target Detection by Marine Radar concentrates solely on civil marine operations and explains how marine surveillance radars detect their targets. The book is fully illustrated and contains worked examples to help the reader understand the principles underlying radar operation and to quantify the importance of factors such as the technical features of specific equipment, the weather, target reflection properties, and the ability of the operator. The precision with which targets are positioned on the radar screen and with which their progress is tracked or predicted depends on how definitely they have been detected, therefore a whole chapter has been devoted to the issue of accuracy. The various international regulations governing marine radar are examined, a brief historical background is given to modern day practice and the book doses with a discussion of the ways in which marine radar may develop to meet future challenges.
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