Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The characteristics of radar sea clutter
• Chapter 3: Modelling radar scattering by the ocean surface
• Chapter 4: Statistical models of sea clutter
• Chapter 5: The simulation of clutter and other random processes
• Chapter 6: Detection of small targets in sea clutter
• Chapter 7: Imaging ocean surface features
• Chapter 8: Radar detection performance calculations
• Chapter 9: CFAR detection
• Chapter 10: The specification and measurement of radar performance
• Appendices

About the Author

Keith D. Ward is a director of TW Research Ltd, a small company set up in 1995 to develop and exploit models of all aspects of radar operation and performance. Previously they worked for the UK Ministry of Defence at RSRE Malvern on topics ranging from theoretical physics to maritime radar, seekers and remote sensing. They are both authors of numerous journal and conference papers.


Robert J.A. Tough is a director of TW Research Ltd, a small company set up in 1995 to develop and exploit models of all aspects of radar operation and performance. Previously they worked for the UK Ministry of Defence at RSRE Malvern on topics ranging from theoretical physics to maritime radar, seekers and remote sensing. They are both authors of numerous journal and conference papers.


Simon Watts is Deputy Scientific Director of Thales UK, Aerospace Division. He joined Thales (then EMI Electronics) in 1967 and has subsequently worked on a wide range of radar and EW projects, particularly airborne maritime surveillance radar systems. He is author and co-author of over 30 journal and conference papers and several patents, mainly relating to radar performance in sea clutter. He was appointed MBE in 2000 for services to the defence industry.