Airborne maritime surveillance radar. Volume 2, British ASV radars in WWII 1946-2000 / Simon Watts.

By: Watts, Simon, 1949- [author.]Contributor(s): Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics, IOP - EBA (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 5 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643270722 ebookOther title: British ASV radars in WWII 1945-2000 | British air-to-surface vessel radars in WWII 1946-2000Subject(s): Radar -- Military applications -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Airplanes, Military -- Radar equipment | Radar in aeronautics | World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar | Applied physics | SCIENCE / Applied SciencesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 623/.7348/0941 LOC classification: UG612.5.G7 W383 2018eb vol. 2Online resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 1.1. ASV radars -- 1.2. RAF Coastal Command and Strike Command -- 1.3. Research, testing and evaluation -- 1.4. WWII ASV radars -- 1.5. Post-war ASV radar and aircraft developments -- 1.6. Summary of book
2. ASV Mk. 7A -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. ASV Mk. 7A equipment -- 2.3. Radar performance -- 2.4. Conclusions
3. ASV Mk. 13 -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Proving trials of ASV Mk. 13 -- 3.3. ASV Mk. 13 radar parameters -- 3.4. ASV 13 equipment -- 3.5. Radar performance on the Warwick aircraft -- 3.6. Comparative trial with AN/APS-20 -- 3.7. ASV Mk. 13 (A
4. ASV 21 -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. ASV 21 radar -- 4.3. ASV 21 installations -- 4.4. ASV 21D -- 4.5. Radar trials -- 4.6. Modelled radar performance -- 4.7. Conclusions
5. ASR 846 development -- 5.1. The replacement for ASV 21D -- 5.2. Operational requirements -- 5.3. Potential radar solutions -- 5.4. Radar research -- 5.5. The procurement process -- 5.6. Project definition -- 5.7. Full development -- 5.8. EMI
6. Searchwater -- 6.1. The Searchwater radar on Nimrod MR2 -- 6.2. Radar parameters -- 6.3. Radar components -- 6.4. Signal processing -- 6.5. Radar displays -- 6.6. Conclusion
7. Comparative performance of ASV 21D and Searchwater -- 7.1. Radar performance prediction methods -- 7.2. Comparison of performance between Searchwater and ASV21D -- 7.3. Noise-limited performance -- 7.4. Clutter limited performance -- 7.5. Con
8. Other ASV radars -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. ASV Mk. 19 -- 8.3. AN/APS-20
9. Conclusion -- 9.1. ASV radar evolution -- 9.2. Searchwater 2000MR.
Abstract: Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW--anti-surface warfare) and
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1. Introduction -- 1.1. ASV radars -- 1.2. RAF Coastal Command and Strike Command -- 1.3. Research, testing and evaluation -- 1.4. WWII ASV radars -- 1.5. Post-war ASV radar and aircraft developments -- 1.6. Summary of book

2. ASV Mk. 7A -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. ASV Mk. 7A equipment -- 2.3. Radar performance -- 2.4. Conclusions

3. ASV Mk. 13 -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Proving trials of ASV Mk. 13 -- 3.3. ASV Mk. 13 radar parameters -- 3.4. ASV 13 equipment -- 3.5. Radar performance on the Warwick aircraft -- 3.6. Comparative trial with AN/APS-20 -- 3.7. ASV Mk. 13 (A

4. ASV 21 -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. ASV 21 radar -- 4.3. ASV 21 installations -- 4.4. ASV 21D -- 4.5. Radar trials -- 4.6. Modelled radar performance -- 4.7. Conclusions

5. ASR 846 development -- 5.1. The replacement for ASV 21D -- 5.2. Operational requirements -- 5.3. Potential radar solutions -- 5.4. Radar research -- 5.5. The procurement process -- 5.6. Project definition -- 5.7. Full development -- 5.8. EMI

6. Searchwater -- 6.1. The Searchwater radar on Nimrod MR2 -- 6.2. Radar parameters -- 6.3. Radar components -- 6.4. Signal processing -- 6.5. Radar displays -- 6.6. Conclusion

7. Comparative performance of ASV 21D and Searchwater -- 7.1. Radar performance prediction methods -- 7.2. Comparison of performance between Searchwater and ASV21D -- 7.3. Noise-limited performance -- 7.4. Clutter limited performance -- 7.5. Con

8. Other ASV radars -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. ASV Mk. 19 -- 8.3. AN/APS-20

9. Conclusion -- 9.1. ASV radar evolution -- 9.2. Searchwater 2000MR.

Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW--anti-surface warfare) and

The book will be of interest to the history of technology community, represented by members of IET, IEEE, professional radar engineers, students of radar, the Defence Electronics History Society, museum curators, etc.

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Simon Watts graduated from the University of Oxford in 1971, obtained an MSc and DSc from the University of Birmingham in 1972 and 2013, respectively, and a PhD from the CNAA in 1987. He is author and co-author of over 80 journal and conference

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