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The 74 pages that link to Radar, each with the reason it gives.
Electromagnetic radiationRelated: Radar uses returned electromagnetic waves to estimate an object's range and motion.
EcholocationCompared with: Radar shares active reflection-based ranging but uses electromagnetic waves instead of sound.
Battle of the AtlanticRelated: Shipborne and airborne radar helped Allied forces locate submarines, including at night.
LiDARCompared with: Radar also measures by signal return, but uses radio waves rather than laser light.
Vacuum tubeRelated: Specialized tubes generated and amplified the high-frequency power needed by early radar.
Air traffic controlRelated: Surveillance radar lets controllers track aircraft positions and movement.
KinematicsRelated: Repeated range and Doppler measurements reveal an object's motion.
SonarCompared with: Radar also uses returned waves for ranging, but seawater strongly limits radio transmission.
Signal detection theoryRelated: Wartime radar operators faced the practical problem of separating weak echoes from noise.
Radio frequencyBroader topic: Radar uses RF echoes to estimate an object's range, speed, or direction.
Radio propagationRelated: Radar range and detection depend on signal propagation to a target and back.
Signal processingRelated: Signal processing extracts target range, velocity, and direction from returning echoes.
AzimuthRelated: Radar systems report a target's direction using azimuth alongside range and elevation.
Synthetic aperture radarNarrower topic: SAR is an imaging form of radar that exploits echoes rather than visible light.
William ShockleyRelated: During World War II, Shockley worked on radar-related research and military operations analysis.
Military aviationRelated: Airborne radar helps crews detect, track, and identify targets beyond visual range.
Radio transmitterRelated: Radar transmitters send pulses or waveforms whose returning echoes reveal targets.
ReflectionRelated: Radar infers targets from waves reflected back toward the transmitter.
Fighter aircraftRelated: Airborne radar helps fighters find, track, and target aircraft at a distance.
Vannevar BushRelated: Bush’s wartime research organizations coordinated major radar development programs.
Radio waveRelated: The delay and direction of echoes reveal an object's distance and position.
Stealth technologyNarrower topic: Radar is the principal sensing technology that aircraft shaping was designed to defeat.
Active protection systemRelated: Radar can detect and track an approaching projectile before it reaches the vehicle.
Air defenseRelated: Radar commonly detects and tracks airborne threats before visual contact.
Cruise missileRelated: Low flight can limit radar line of sight and shorten the time available for detection.
Radar cross-sectionNarrower topic: RCS describes one target property that governs the strength of radar returns.
MicrowaveRelated: Many radar systems use microwave frequencies for directional beams and useful target resolution.
Air-to-air missileRelated: Radar supplies target information and, for some guidance modes, illuminates the target.
Manchester BabyRelated: Williams’s wartime radar research led to the storage techniques adapted for the Baby.
Gulf of Tonkin incidentRelated: Erratic radar contacts contributed to the mistaken impression that attackers were approaching the destroyers.
Laser rangefinderCompared with: Radar ranges with radio-frequency echoes, which behave differently from optical returns.
Voltage-controlled oscillatorRelated: VCOs generate swept-frequency signals used in frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar.
Anti-aircraft warfareNarrower topic: Air-defense radar applies this sensing technology to airborne targets.
AvionicsRelated: Aircraft use radar for weather detection, surveillance, and obstacle awareness.
Electronic countermeasureNarrower topic: Radar is a principal sensing system that electronic countermeasures seek to disrupt or evade.
Multirole combat aircraftRelated: Airborne radar can support both target interception and the detection of ground targets.
Proximity fuzeRelated: Radar principles provide a way to sense nearby targets.
Stealth aircraftNarrower topic: Stealth aircraft emerged in response to the military use of radar detection.
AcronymBroader topic: Its acronym origin is no longer apparent to many speakers.
AltimeterNarrower topic: Radio altimeters use radar ranging to determine distance below the aircraft.
Interceptor aircraftRelated: Radar often provides the first detection that sends an interceptor toward a target.
Battle of Cape EsperanceRelated: U.S. radar detected the approaching Japanese ships before visual contact.
BearingRelated: Radar reports target direction as an angular bearing from the sensor.
Military aircraftRelated: Airborne radar helps crews detect, track, and sometimes target objects at a distance.
Spectral analysisRelated: Doppler spectra reveal motion and distinguish targets from clutter.
Charles H. TownesRelated: Townes’s wartime radar work sharpened his interest in short-wavelength microwave sources.
Edward Mills PurcellRelated: Radar engineering trained Purcell’s group to generate and detect the radiofrequency signals used in resonance experiments.
Mark OliphantNarrower topic: Oliphant’s wartime work advanced microwave radar equipment and its practical deployment.
Radian per secondRelated: Doppler and rotating-antenna calculations can use angular rates in radians per second.
Radio-frequency engineeringRelated: Radar depends on RF transmitters, receivers, antennas, and frequency-control circuits.