INDEX 



range measurement, 499; in CW sys- 

 tems, 313-315; in pulsed-doppler sys- 

 tems, 329-331; see also radar range 



range noise, 207-208, 395 



range rate, 6-7 



range resolution, 313; ground mapping 

 and, 774-775 



range tracking, automatic, 498-510 



range tracking noise, 397-398 



range tracking system, 502-504 



rate errors, 486-489 



rate gyros, 454-455, 464, 494-495 



rate noise errors, 487-488 



Raven, R. S., 394 n., 607 



raw video, 620 



Rayleigh distribution and criteria, 142, 

 193-194, 735, 760, 784, 790 n. 



RC compensating networks, 451 



RC filter circuit, 241-242, 252 



RC tracking network, 496-497 



read-out and storage system, 612-613 



receiver noise, 396 



receiver tuning control, 394 



reflection coefficient, 182, 541 



refractive index, modified, 233 



Reggia, F., 566 n. 



regulatory circuits, 394-470; aircraft 

 motions and, 433-439; accuracy re- 

 quirements and, 405-407; angle track 

 stabilization and, 464-468; automatic 

 gain control loop, 416-428; modula- 

 tion transmission requirements, 424- 

 425; need for, 394-395; search stabili- 

 zation, 440-441; space stabilization, 

 439; stabilization problem and, 429- 

 433; static and dynamic control loop 

 and, 442-448 



Reich, E., 308 n. 



reliability, factors influencing, 34, 716; 

 measurement of, 717-720; mechanical 

 design and, 715-722; prediction of, 

 720-722; probability of, 103-104 



repair, maintenance and, 712 



resolution, beamwidth and, 89-92; de- 

 fined, 168; display size and, 627-629; 

 in ground mapping, 774, 784-787; in- 

 frared sensing, 793; see also angular 

 resolution 



resolution capability, 75-80 



resonance, mechanical, 698 



resonance absorption isolator, 558, 563- 

 564 



819 



resonant frequency, vibration and, 698 



resonant system, magnetron and, 582 



resonator array, 527 



retina, 636 



retrodirectivity, 222 



RF amplification, 355; low-noise figure 



devices for, 356-357 

 RF breakdown, at altitude pressures, 



545 

 RF carrier frequency, ground clutter 



and, 270 

 RF circuits, antenna and, 301 

 RF components, air-weather radar, 766; 



antennas and, 511-579; microwave 



ferrite devices and, 557-565 

 RF filter, 356 



RF generator, standing waves and, 541 

 RF Janu^ receiver, 742-743 

 RF pulse train, 321-322 

 RF reference phase, 315 

 RF transmission lines, 535-540; see also 



transmission lines 

 RF voltage, angle noise and, 203-204; 



see also radio frequency 

 Riblet, H. J., 549 n. 

 Rice, S. O., 238, 385 n. 

 Ridenour, L., 222, 615 n. 

 Rieke diagram, 404-405 

 rising sun anode, 583, 586 

 Rizzi, Peter A., 544 n. 

 rms errors, see root mean square errors 

 roll, pitch and yaw, 433, 797 

 root mean square errors, 81, 84, 87; 



noise and, 286-290, 346 

 rotary joints, 546-547 

 round-trip attenuation, 761 



Sack, E. A., 669 



Sagar, A., 550 n. 



sampling frequencies, 295-297 



Sando, R. M., 679 n. 



Saxton, J. A., 103 n., 187 n. 



scanning, 4; angular, 319; conical, 405, 

 414, 515; efl^ect of, 156-162; infrared, 

 344; mapping and, 9 {see also ground 

 mapping); see also scanning (adj.) 



scanning frequency, 296-297 



scanning loss, 161 



scanning patterns, types of, 160 



scanning power modulation, 289-290 



scanning rate, infrared, 794 



scanning system, infrared characteristics 



