INDEX 



spot detection and resolution, in human 

 eye, 636 



spot noise figure, 368 



spurious information, 5, 352 



square-law detector, 143, 145, 203, 254- 

 255, 265, 286-287 



stabilization, 429-433, 741-742, 780-781 



stabilization errors, 82, 458; ground 

 mapping and, 777 



stabilization loop, accuracy require- 

 ments of, 457-464; automatic track- 

 ing and, 473-474; configurations of, 

 453-454; mechanization of, 468-470; 

 search volume and, 116; transfer ratio 

 designs of, 466 



stabilotron, 604 



stable local oscillator (STALO), 373 



STAE, see second-time-around echoes 



stagnation temperature, 685-686 



standing waves, 540-543 



static electricity, in mechanical design, 

 710 



stationary processes, 246 



Stauffer, F., 725 n. 



steady-state cooling, 688 



steady-state error, 504; stabilization 

 loop and, 456 



Stecca, A. J., 198 n., 400 n. 



steering error, 125-132 



Steinberg, Bernard D., 308 n. 



step-twist rotary joint, 547 



Stoddard, D. J., 521 n. 



storage radar, 309-311 



storage tubes, 656-658, 672 



straddling factor, 163-166 



Straiton, A. W., 229 n. 



Stratton, J. A., 182 n. 



stresses, cyclic, 701 



strip lines, 540 



strip map, 789 



Strom, L. D., 551 n. 



Strong, J., 790 n. 



Strum, P. D., 361 n. 



Sturley, K. S., 384 n. 



subcarriers, information, 20-21 



suboptimization, of weapons system, 44 



Sugden, T. M., 233 



sulfur hexafluoride gas, 545 



Summers, R. A., 438 



superheterodyne circuit, radar receivers, 

 347-349 



superhigh frequency mixers, 357-362 



821 



surface-to-air missile system, height- 

 finding and, 95 



Sutherland, J. W., 550 n. 



Swerling, P., 155, 290 n., 308 n. 



switches, ferrite, 561-562 



symbolic model, 37-39 



synchronous detector, 256 



system concept, military objective and, 

 32, 49; in weapons system study, 57- 

 59; see also weapons system 



system configuration, 43 



system effectiveness models, in weapons 

 system, 61-67 



system logic, 43, 67, 70-73 



system planning, reliability and, 716 



system study plan, 47-50, 59-60 



tactical problem, assessment and moni- 

 toring in, 609-611; AEW beamwidth 

 and, 89-92; design parameters and, 

 98-100; environment and, 35; geom- 

 etry of, 77 



tangential signal measurement, 393 



target, angular bearing of, 7; back- 

 scattering from, 174; detection and 

 evaluation of, 67; instantaneous ve- 

 locity of, 72; maneuver capability of, 

 55; number and importance of, 75; 

 radar area of, 192-197; viewing prob- 

 ability of, 104-106 



target aircraft, number and spacing of, 

 57 



target altitude, 73; vertical beamwidth 

 and 91-92 



target assignment procedure, 63, 66 



target complex, 55-57 



target detection, decision element and, 

 144 



target echo, 274; see also echo 



target fluctuation, effect of, 151-156 



target heading, 71, 85-89; measurement 

 o^f, 99 



target information, extraction of, 23; 

 tracking circuits and, 477-478 



target modulations, 20-23, 180-181 



target motion, 6-7; effects of, 21-22; 

 signal modulations by, 180-181 



target noise, 199; see also noise; signal- 

 to-noise ratio 



target points, vectoring and, 94 



target position, 6, 71; prediction of, 72, 

 89 



