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Each article and subarticle contains references, primarily listed in the Alphabetical Bibliography, and for the readers
to textbooks, which are listed alphabetically by author in the interested in a full bibliography on a corresponding subject
Alphabetical Bibliography at the end of Encyclopedia. The the Bibliography by Subject is provided. It contains a full bib-
combination of the surname of the first author and a year of liography list of the identifiable radar and radar-related books
edition identifies the cited book: published during the last 50 years and is arranged in 35 sec-
Ref.: Skolnik (1980) tions by subject. Within each section the books are given in
chronological order, and alphabetically by author within one
refers to the book listed in the bibliography as:
year. At the end of Encyclopedia is a list of the most common
Skolnik, M. I., Introduction to Radar Systems, McGraw- radar abbreviations and acronyms.
Hill, 1980;
and the brief reference: The author of each article and subarticle is identified by
the corresponding initials following the entry, when that entry
Ref.: Barton (1969)
exceeds a few lines of definition (see About the Authors). The
identifies the book listed with both authors and two editions
original generation of the list of entries, compiling of the Bib-
or publishers:
liography, and final editing of Encyclopedia material was
Barton, D. K., and Ward, H. R., Handbook of Radar Mea- done by David K. Barton and Sergey A. Leonov.
surement, Prentice-Hall, 1969; Artech House, 1984.
In rare cases where there is no applicable textbook, reference David K. Barton and Sergey A. Leonov,
is made to a professional journal article. Typically, each arti- Editors
cle is followed by references to the major current books, as

Use of Hypertext Links

In this electronic edition of the Radar Technology Ency- text. Clicking on any blue entry initiates an immediate trans-
clopedia, hypertext links have been added to transfer rapidly fer to the related entry. The program keeps track of the history
from one article to a related or referenced subject. The words of these transfers, and the reader can retrace steps by clicking
or phrases from which links can be exercised appear in blue in either the right or left page margins.