“The
material fills a niche not currently found in the Literature: real
world examples of small radar systems that can be implemented by
students and professionals new to the field. There is a large need
for such material in the university and educational community, as
most radar courses feature large and complex system designs costing
significant amounts of money. This fact tends to produce a large
disconnect in student minds between the theory they are learning and
actual practice in how to implement this theory. In other words, the
student assumes that it must take a team of people and a lot of
resources to successfully implement and deploy radar systems.
However, the principles of radar work equally well on small systems.
the ability to have students assemble, test, and process data from
these systems is really invaluable. I have seen this type of
hands-on learning provide insights and synthesis of material much
quicker than traditional methods of learning important radar
principles. Having a textbook with validated examples of small radar
systems, and with simple computer code and test data sets to check
knowledge of theoretical constructs, provides the needed bridge to
this type of learning.”
--Dr. Philip Erickson, Principle Research Scientist, MIT Haystack Observatory
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