Fundamental Formulas for Radar


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Documentation for package ‘radar’ version 1.0.0

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ApertureWeightingFunctionsAntenna Antenna Characteristics for Aperture Weighting Functions
AttenuationAbsCoeff Absorption coefficient of a spherical particle
AttenuationExtCoeff Extinction coefficient of a spherical particle
AttenuationScatCoeff Scattering coefficient of a spherical particle
ConversiondBZ2Z Conversion from dBZ (log) units to linear Z units
ConversionZ2dBZ Conversion from linear Z units to dBZ (log) units
DopplerDilemma Doppler dilemma
DopplerFmax Maximum frequency given PRF
DopplerFreq Frequency given wavelength
DopplerPulseDuration Pulse duration from pulse length
DopplerPulseLength Pulse length from pulse duration
DopplerRmax Maximum unamiguous range
DopplerVmax Nyquist velocity, or maximum unambiguous Doppler velocity (+ or -)
DopplerVmaxDual Doppler velocity from dual PRF scheme radar (+ or -)
DopplerVshift Adjusted Doppler velocity from a mobile platform
DopplerWavelength Wavelength given frequency
ElectronicWarfareFrequencyBands Electronic Warfare Frequency Bands
GeometryBeamBlockFrac Partial beam blockage fraction
GeometryHalfPowerRadius Half-power radius
GeometryRangeCorrect Half-power radius
GeometryRayHeight Center of radar beam height calculation
GeometryReffective Effective radius calculation
GeometrySampleVolGauss Sample volume assuming transmitted energy in Gaussian beam shape
GeometrySampleVolIdeal Sample volume (idealized) assuming all power in half-power beamwidths
kConstantBoltz Constant speed of light
kConstantP0 Constant speed of light
kConstantR43 Constant speed of light
kConstantRe Constant speed of light
kConstantSLP Constant speed of light
kConstantSpeedOfLight Constant speed of light
SystemAntEffArea Antenna effective area
SystemFreq Frequency given wavelength
SystemGainPratio Antenna gain via power ratio
SystemNormXsecBscatterSphere Normalized Backscatter cross-sectional area of a sphere using the Rayleigh approximation
SystemPowerReturnTarget Power returned by target located at the center of the antenna beam pattern
SystemPowerTarget Power intercepted by target
SystemRadarConst Radar constant
SystemSizeParam Size parameter calculation
SystemThermalNoise Thermal noise power
Systemwavelength Wavelength given frequency
SystemXsecBscatterSphere Backscatter cross-sectional area of a sphere using the Rayleigh approximation
VariablesCDR Circular depolarization ratio
VariablesHDR Differential reflectivity hail signature
VariablesLDR Linear depolarization ratio
VariablesRadVel Radial velocity
VariablesReflectivity Radar reflectivity
VariablesZDP Reflectivity difference
VariablesZDR Differential reflectivity