Chapter 33: Q87P (page 1008)
During a test, a NATO surveillance radar system, operating at at of power, attempts to detect an incoming stealth aircraft at.Assume that the radar beam is emitted uniformly over a hemisphere. (a) What is the intensity of the beam when the beam reaches the aircraft鈥檚 location? The aircraft reflects radar waves as though it has a cross-sectional area ofonly.(b) What is the power of the aircraft鈥檚 reflection? Assume that the beam is reflected uniformly over a hemisphere. Back at the radar site, what are (c) the intensity, (d) the maximum value of the electric field vector, and (e) the rms value of the magnetic field of the reflected radar beam?
Short Answer
(a) The intensity of the beam when it reaches the aircraft鈥檚 locationis .
(b) The power of the aircraft鈥檚 reflectionis .
(c) The intensity of the reflected radar beamis .
(d) The maximum value of the electric field vector of the reflected radar beam is .
(e) The rms value of the magnetic field of the reflected radar beam is .

