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    Wave radar is a type of radar for measuring wind waves. Several instruments based on a variety of different concepts and techniques are available, and...
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    the backscatterer Continuous-wave radar (CW radar) is a type of radar system where a known stable frequency continuous wave radio energy is transmitted...
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    Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects...
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  • an active radar transceiver). Semi-active missile systems use bistatic continuous-wave radar. The NATO brevity code for a semi-active radar homing missile...
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    ground-based radars are once again being considered for roles such as maritime reconnaissance and drug enforcement. The frequency of radio waves used by most...
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    ways of producing the Doppler effect. Radars may be: Coherent pulsed (CP), Pulse-Doppler radar, Continuous wave (CW), or Frequency modulation (FM). Doppler...
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  • A continuous wave or continuous waveform (CW) is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical...
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  • point-to-point communication and data links and for radar. This frequency range is used for most radar transmitters, wireless LANs, satellite communication...
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    Millimeter-wave cloud radars, also denominated cloud radars, are radar systems designed to monitor clouds with operating frequencies between 24 and 110 GHz...
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    radars and continuous-wave radars, which were formerly separate due to the complexity of the electronics. The first operational pulse-Doppler radar was...
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