Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar

Volume 1, British ASV Radars in WWII 1939-1945
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-64327-067-8
Verlag: IOP Concise Physics

Buch, Englisch, 127 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally airborne maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW—anti-surface warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW—anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat to shipping from German U boats. This book describes the ASV radars developed in the UK and used by RAF Coastal Command during WWII for long-range maritime surveillance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watts, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Elektronische Baugruppen, Elektronische Materialien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- A note on units
- Acknowledgements
- Author biography
- List of abbreviations
- 1. ASV radar development
- 2. ASV Mk. I and II
- 3. ASV Mk. III
- 4. ASV Mk. VI
- 5. ASV Mk. VII
- 6. Lucero
- 7. Comparative performance assessment
- 8. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

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 was deputy Scientific Director and Technical Fellow in Thales UK until 2013 and is a Visiting Professor in the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London. He joined Thales (then EMI Electronics) in 1967 and worked on a wide range of radar and EW projects, with a particular research interest in maritime radar and sea clutter. He is author and co-author of over 80 journal and conference papers, a book on sea clutter and several patents. He was appointed MBE in 1996 for services to the UK defence industry and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the IET, Fellow of the IMA and Fellow of the IEEE.