What is the formula for radar?

Assume the target receives the incident power with an area σ, called the radar cross section (RCS), and radiates isotropically. Hence, the power density at the radar is given by: (10.5) Assume the radar antenna has an effective area Ae, which is related to the antenna gain by A e = G rλ 2/4π .

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How does radar detect distance and speed?

Police are now using a laser technique to measure the speed of cars. This technique is called lidar. It uses the same principles with light that radar uses with radio waves. Sonar, radar and lidar all use echo and Doppler shift to do the same things – they measure the distance and speed of objects by their reflections .

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How does a radar calculate range?

Standard Form of Radar Range Equation Therefore, we can say that the range of the target is said to be maximum range when the received echo signal is having the power equal to that of minimum detectable signal. We will get the following equation, by substituting R=RMax and Pr=Smin in Equation 6 .

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