INDEX 



magnetrons, {Cont.) 

 ance of, 589-590 



maneuver capability, of target, 55 



mapping radar, 9-11; forward-looking, 

 773; see also ground mapping 



Marcum, J. I., 146 n., 150 n. 



Marshal], J. S., 760 n. 



masers, 574-576 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 530 



master oscillator power amplifier 

 (MOPA), 406 



matched filter radar, 337-338; applica- 

 tion to analysis of, 272-281 



matching elements, 543 



mavars, 576-578 



Mayer, Arthur, 454 n., 495 n. 



Mayer, Robert, 492 n. 



Mazina, M., 649 n. 



M curve, standard, 234-236 



Meade, J. E., 398 n. 



Meade, J. W., 198 n. 



measurement errors, 39-40; standard 

 deviation or rms, 81; see also errors 



mechanical design and packaging, 679- 

 723; acceleration and, 707-708; ex- 

 plosion hazard and, 710; military 

 specifications and, 682-683; moisture 

 and, 708-710; potential growth and, 

 715; pressure and, 711-712; reliability 

 in, 715-722; solar radiation and, 692; 

 sound pressure and, 705-706; static 

 electricity and, 710; temperature and, 

 683-691; vibration and shock, 694-704 



mechanization requirements, 33-34 



Merrill, Grayson, 41 n., 62 n., 80 n., 

 734 n. 



meteorological attenuators, 761-762 



meteorological effects, 227-237 



meteorological scatterers, 760-761 



Meyer, M. A.. 550 n. 



Middleton, D., 273 n. 



microwave circulator, 572 



microwave components, miscellaneous, 

 546 



microwave energy, mapping and, 10-11 



microwave ferrite devices, 557-565 



microwave frequencies, 760-763 



microwave materials, 565-566 



microwave noise sources, 553-554; see 

 also noise 



microwave power, generation of, 580- 



815 



microwave power, {Cont.) 

 606 



microwave propagation, 13; see also 

 radio waves 



microwave thermal mapping, 10-11 



microwave transmission lines, 545-546 



military objective, operational require- 

 ment and, 31 



military specifications, design and, 682- 

 683 



minimum discernible signal, 768 



missile guidance, 135-137 



missile performance, 119 



missile radar system, 3 



missile salvo kill probability, 63 



mission accomplishment, airborne radar 

 design/and, 27-28; goals and, 43, 57; 

 level of, 31; operational requirements 

 and, 33, 49, 57; time response and, 41 



mixers and mixing, 512; balanced, 551- 

 552; coherent and noncoherent, 25; 

 coupling of, 361-362; purpose of, 550- 

 553 



models, weapons system, 36-39 



mode multiplexing, 571 



modes, primary and secondary, 3-4 



mode shift, 587 



modular design, 714 



modulating anode, 600-601 



modulation and demodulation proc- 

 esses, 3; target, 20-23; types of, 16-25 



moisture, mechanical design and, 708- 

 710 



monopulse angle tracking, 300-305, 332 



monopulse radar, 293, 301 



Montgomery, C. G., 548 n., 567 n. 



Moore, Richard K., 224 n., 544 n. 



moving target indicator (MTI), 10, 238, 

 293, 601-602; application to analysis 

 of, 269-272 



MTR, see microwave thermal mapping 



Mullen, J. A., 544 n. 



Muller, P. F., Jr., 649 n. 



multimode operation, 3 



multiple-time-around echo, 220-221 



multiplexing, 571 



Munk, W., 216 n. 



narrow-band noise, 258-264 

 narrow-band receiving system, 337 

 naval carrier task force, 1 

 Naval Research Laboratory, 192, 207, 



