Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Part I: Sea clutter properties
• Chapter 2: The characteristics of radar sea clutter
• Chapter 3: Empirical models for sea clutter
• Chapter 4: The simulation of clutter and other random processes
• Part II: Mathematics of the K distribution
• Chapter 5: Elements of probability theory
• Chapter 6: Gaussian and non-Gaussian clutter models
• Chapter 7: Random walk models
• Chapter 8: Some extensions of the K distribution
• Chapter 9: Special functions associated with the K distribution
• Part III: Radar detection
• Chapter 10: Detection of small targets in sea clutter
• Chapter 11: Imaging ocean surface features
• Chapter 12: Radar detection performance calculations
• Chapter 13: CFAR detection
• Chapter 14: The specification and measurement of radar performance
• Part IV: Physical modelling
• Chapter 15: High grazing angle radar scattering
• Chapter 16: Low grazing angle scattering by the ocean surface
• Chapter 17: Scattering from a corrugated surface

About the Author

Professor Keith Ward has worked on radar and military systems throughout his career with his ideas exploited for in-service radars and remote sensing. He is a Visiting Professor at UCL, in electronics and electrical engineering.


Dr Robert Tough has carried out extensive research in ocean imaging, small target detection, rough surface scattering, detection theory and range profile classification for a number of clients based in the UK and USA.


Professor Simon Watts works for Thales UK and is a Visiting Professor at UCL, in electronics and electrical engineering. His research interests include sea clutter and detection signal processing methods.