Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Charles Racoosin. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-87). Also available online.

Thesis (M.Sc.). / Written for the Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2009/07/07). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Eng.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland. / Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 73-76. Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85).

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Michael A. Morgan, Thayananthan Thayaparan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120). Also available online.

<p>Arbetet är en fallstudie om aktiva nautikers inställning till användandet av AIS och radar ur en navigatorisk synpunkt. Syftet var att få en uppfattning om hur ett av de nyaste elektroniska hjälpmedlen står sig mot ett av de mer inarbetade och beprövade instrumenten som finns ombord på dagens kommersiella fartyg.För att kunna få en uppfattning om vad nautikerna ansåg utfördes intervjuer ombord på ett svenskt fartyg. Frågorna som ställdes var samma för både AIS och radar för att datan skulle bli jämförbara. De slutsatser som drogs var att AIS som fristående system inte ännu är något som dagens nautiker litar på. Då radarn togs upp till diskussion var mönstret tydligt att systemet ansågs ha hög tillförlitlighet samt att nautikerna näst efter sina egna ögon litar mest på radarn bland de navigatoriska hjälpmedlen. Då en AIS integreras med en radar ansåg samtliga nautiker att tillförlitligheten på båda systemen ökar.</p> / <p>The essay was based upon the active nautical officer’s attitude towards the use of AIS and radar from a navigational point of view. The aim was to get a view of how one of the newest electronic aids keeps well against one of the most and the well-tried instruments that are found onboard on today's commercial vessels. In order to receive an insight the nautical officer’s opinions interviews were conducted onboard a Swedish merchant vessel. The questions that were asked were the same about both AIS and radar in order to get comparable data. The conclusions that were drawn were that AIS as an independent system is not yet something that today's nautical officers trust. When the radar was taken up to discussion all the interviewees stated that the system had high reliability and that it is the second most reliable after their own eyes among the navigational aids. The reliability of both systems increases when an AIS is integrated with a radar according to the result.</p>

Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research .pdf file viewed on (June 25, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Th. doct.--Sci. de la terre--Université de Bourgogne, 1996. / SAR = Radar à antenne synthétique. En appendice, choix de documents. Bibliogr. p. 243-254. Résumé en français et en anglais.

Thesis (MScEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The development of a radar system is a complex process, requiring a substantial amount of testing. In general, these tests are performed using field trials. Such trials are expensive, and their exact conditions can never be repeated. A radar environment simulator allows for repeatable testing of the majority of a radar's functionality; however, most commercial products are not cost effective. In this thesis we investigate the various approaches to modelling targets and the littoral environment, and then develop a low-cost, largely software defined simulator. This simulator is capable of generating real-time video signals for a monopulse doppler tracking radar. The core simulation routines reside in an extensible software framework which is populated with simple target and clutter models for a prototype simulator. Closed loop tracking tests verify the operation of the prototype simulator. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die ontwikkeling van 'n radarstelsel is a ingewikkelde proses wat verskeie stelseltoetse benodig. Veldtoetse, wat gewoonlik gebruik word, is 'n duur proses, en die toestande is nooit presies dieselfde nie. 'n Radar-omgewingsimulator kan 'n groot deel van 'n radar se funksionaliteit herhaaldelik toets. Daar is egter weinig koste-effektiewe kommersile produkte vir hierdie doel beskikbaar. Hierdie tesis ondersoek verskeie teiken- en omgewingsmodelle, waarna 'n lae-koste, meestal sagteware-gedefinieerde simulator ontwikkel word. Hierdie simulator genereer intydse videoseine vir 'n enkelpuls-dopplervolgingsradar. Die kernfunksionaliteit van die simulator is in sagteware gesetel, en basiese teiken- en omgewingsmodelle is geïmplementeer. Die prototipe-simulator word getoets deur dit aan die radar self te koppel, en dan die teiken-opsporing en -volging te verifieer.

The effects of wind farm installation on the conventional monostatic radar operation have been investigated in previous studies. The interference on radar operation is due to the complex scattering characteristics from the wind turbine structure. This research considers alternative approach for studying and potentially mitigating these negative impacts by adapting the multistatic radar system technique. This radar principle is well known and it is attracting research interest recently, but has not been applied in modelling the wind farm interference on multistatic radar detection and tracking of multiple targets. The research proposes two areas of novelties. The first area includes the simulation tool development of multistatic radar operation near a wind farm environment. The second area includes the adaptation of Range-Only target detection approach based on mathematical and/or statistical methods for target detection and tracking, such as Interval Analysis and Particle Filter. These methods have not been applied against such complex detection scenario of large number of targets within a wind farm environment. Range-Only target detection approach is often considered to achieve flexibility in design and reduction in cost and complexity of the radar system. However, this approach may require advanced signal processing techniques to effectively associate measurements from multiple sensors to estimate targets positions. This issue proved to be more challenging for the complex detection environment of a wind farm due to the increase in number of measurements from the complex radar scattering of each turbine. The research conducts a comparison between Interval Analysis and Particle Filter. The comparison is based on the performance of the two methods according to three aspects; number of real targets detected, number of ghost targets detected and the accuracy of the estimated detections. Different detection scenarios are considered for this comparison, such as single target detection, wind farm detection, and ultimately multiple targets at various elevations within a wind farm environment.