The newly-added software greatly improves the utility of this valuable book. It is now much easier to pull information from the book's extensive statistical database to use in radar simulations and radar signal budget calculations. I have found the book to be very useful and highly recommend it. This reference book should be on the shelves of all radar designers and signal analysts.
Welcomed update! The time tested and authoritative classic by Ulaby and Dobson has been updated by José Luis Álvarez Pérez to include the latest accompanying software in both Python and MATLAB. The software allows for advanced modeling and simulation of some the most challenging radar clutter environments encountered by modern radar systems. This is a most welcomed addition to this classic reference!
The Handbook of Radar Scattering Statistics for Terrain is an indispensable source of statistical radar data, now significantly enhanced with its addition of new Matlab and Python scripts. In addition to finding the requisite theory behind radar scattering from ground clutter, radar system engineers working on GMTI / SAR systems and signal processing design will have easy access to well-calibrated clutter cross section data spanning across L to W band for nine different types of ground cover, all in a single resource. The book has been a classic for three decades, and by now providing a method of accessing its data, will continue to be a key source of statistical data for terrain scattering for years to come.