Spreadsheet calculations
John N. Briggs · Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks · 2004
There are several well-known aids to calculation of surveillance radar performance. Blake's Worksheet uses a pre-computer iterative pencil and paper approach. The CARPET program runs on a PC. Both are slanted towards military and aviation applications and are not particularly straightforward to apply to civil marine problems. To assist readers to compute the performance of their own systems, this chapter outlines a new family of spreadsheets for point passive, point active and extended passive targets, respectively. In this explanatory chapter, we assume basic familiarity with Microsoft Works spreadsheet operation as well as the earlier chapters of this book. No programming skill is required; the user merely inserts the relevant system parameters and follows simple drills set out below. Results are presented numerically and can be charted (graphed) to several alternative bases.