Sunday, October 12, 2008

I. Intro
II. History
A. Inventors
• Christian Hulsmeyer
• Nikola tesla
B. Pre World War 2
• Emile Girardeau
o Invented modern day radar before the start of the war
C. World War 2
• Britian
o The first to succefully implement the radar
• Radar evolution throughout the war

III. How the radar works
A. Reflection
• Electromagnetic waves bounce off of an object then return to the host allowing the distance and a number of other factors to be calculated
• Radar absorbing materials absorb the waves so that the host does not receive a return signal
B. The physics of the radar
a. this is the formula for the power of a radar and is used to determine the effectiveness relating to distance and other variables.
C. Interference
a. Noise
b. Clutter
c. Jamming

IV. The Doppler Radar
A. Inventor
a. Christian Doppler
B. Uses
a. Weather
b. Air traffic control
C. How it works
D. The Doppler effect
a. Explains why the frequency of something changes as an observor’s distance changes.

V. Uses of radar
a. Weather
b. Air traffic control
c. Military uses
d. Space instruments
e. Police uses
i. Radar gun

VI. The effect of the radar
a. The military
i. World war 2
ii. Airplane defense
iii. Submarine
b. Daily life
i. Police and radar guns
ii. Air traffic control
iii. Weather

VII. Conclusion

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