A student programming project. II. Computation of one- and two-dimensional radar images of realistic targets

For pt.I, see ibid. (1995). The following project is the second part of a project designed to tie together a number of important skills and concepts for students (advanced undergraduates/beginning graduates) of electrical engineering. In its most basic sense, this is an exercise in scientific programming and the use of the fast Fourier transform (FFT). While this is a realistic project it is within the ability of a student programmer. The specifics of this project emphasize the relation between communication systems and electromagnetics while giving the student practical/applied knowledge of basic monostatic radar imaging principles and the FFT. It is assumed that the student has already developed the scattering (PO) computer code, or has access to a comparable computer code or scattered field data.