Airborne radar (1961) (17760868978)

Title: Airborne radar
Identifier: airborneradar00pove (find matches)
Year: 1961 (1960s)
Authors: Povejsil, Donald J
Subjects: Airplanes; Guided missiles
Publisher: Princeton, N. J. , Van Nostrand
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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6-8) INFRARED SYSTEMS 341 ,**^
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In ,ar,d S.an». Output Cl«u unci Sho Ground-I.V.I r.Un. Mo.t 1 Sad H«., City it.nia Sourc Fig. 6-34 Example of an IR Scan Pattern. The detector receives the radiation collected by the optical system and converts this to electrical energy, which is amplified and appropriately dis- played — in this case on a cathode-ray screen — or used as an error signal for tracking. There is radiation received from the target, from the clouds, haze, land, water, and sky within the scanned field, and from the atmos- phere lying between the detector and the target. In some instances the