CONTINUOUS-WAVE RADAR

1. (from radio detection and ranging) A radio system which measures distance and usually direction by a comparison of reference signals with the radio signals reflected or retransmitted from the target whose position is to be determined. Pulse-modulated radar is used for shipboard navigational applications. In this type of radar the distance to the target is determined by measuring the time required for an extremely short burst or pulse of radio-frequency energy to travel to the target and return to its source as a reflected echo. Directional antennas allow determination of the direction of the target echo from the source. 2. As defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) a radiodetermination system based on the comparison of reference signals with radio signals reflected, or re-transmitted, from the position to be determined.

1. Radar in which the target is fitted with a transponder and in which the target retransmits automatically on the interrogating frequency, or a different frequency. The response may be coded. 2. As defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a radiodetermination system based on the comparison of reference signals with radio signals re-transmitted from the position to be determined.

1. Radar which transmits a SIGNAL and receives the incident energy reflected from an object to detect the object. 2. As defined by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a radiodetermination system based on the comparison of reference signals with radio signals reflected from a position to be deter- mined.

The type of radar generally used for shipboard navigational applications. The radiofrequency energy transmitted by a pulse-modulated radar consists of a series of equally spaced short pulses having a pulse duration of about 1 microsecond or less. The distance to the target is determined by measuring the transmit time of a pulse and its return to the source as a reflected echo. Also called PULSE RADAR.

Initial alignment of a directional microwave or radar antenna system by using an optical procedure or a fixed target at a known location.

A diagrammatic representation of the mathematical relationships defining the flow of information and energy through the automatic control system, in which the components of the control system are represented as functional blocks in series and parallel arrangements according to their position in the actual control system.

An expression of the fraction of the total time of pulse radar that radio-frequency energy is radiated. It is the ratio of pulse length to pulse repetition time.

A ground radar system providing information by which aircraft approaches may be directed by radio communications. Abbreviated GCA radar.

A radar system in which the Doppler frequency of the target echo is compared to a local reference frequency generated by a coherent oscillator.

The total amount of heat energy that must be removed from a system by a cooling mechanism in a unit time, equal to the rate at which heat is generated by people, machinery, and processes, plus the net flow of heat into the system not associated with the cooling machinery.