AT786 - Radar What Radar Does Lecture Material: Word History of FM-CW Radar Lecture Material: Word Antenna Gain and Efficiency 3.1 Power Density Lecture Material: Word Radar Cross Sections 4.1 Radar Cross Sections: Sphere, Plate and Corner Cube Reflector 4.1.1 Optical Mie/ Rayleigh Regions 4.1.2 Rectangular Plate 4.1.3 Corner Cube Reflector 4.2 Distributed Targets: Backscattered Cross Section for Rain Lecture Material: Word Performance of FM-CW Radar Systems 5.1 Why Microwaves? 5.2 The Meaning of Free Space Propagation 5.2.1 One-Way Radar Equation and RF Propagation 5.2.2 The Two-Way (Monostatic Equation) 5.3 Target Gain Factor Lecture Material: Word The Minimum Discernible Signal 6.1 Receiver Sensitivity 6.2 Noise in Amplifiers Lecture Material: Word Analysis of FM-CW Radar System 7.1 Components of an FM-CW Radar System 7.2 Mathematical Formulation of the Signal 7.3 Production of Beat Tones 7.4 Spectral Analysis of the Beat Signal 7.5 Amplitudes of the Spectral Lines 7.6 Effects of Target Motion 7.7 Triangular Modulating Waveform Lecture Material: Word Presentation 2 Drawings Propagation of Microwave Signals in the Atmosphere 8.1 Propagation Over a Reflecting Surface 8.2 The Round Earth 8.3 Super Refraction 8.4 Attenuation of Microwaves in the Atmosphere Calibrating the CSU FM-CW Radar Lecture Material: Word Department of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1371 E-Mail: Webmaster Last Modified: April 2003