Nadav Levanon - List of Publications

List of Publications

Books

N. Levanon, Radar Principles, J. Wiley & Sons (Interscience Div.) New York, 1988.

N. Levanon and E. Mozeson, Radar Signals, J. Wiley & Sons (Interscience Div.) New York, 2004.

Papers (before 1989)

N. Klein and N. Levanon: "AC electrical breakdown in thin silicon oxide films", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.38, no.9, 1967, pp.3721-3728.
N. Levanon and FG. Stremler: "Accurate pulse-radar altimeter for meteorological balloons", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.57, no.9, Sept. 1969, pp.1680-1681. pdf file (accurate_altimeter.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Balloon-borne radio altimeter". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics, vol.ge, no.1, Jan. 1970, pp.19-30. pdf file (balloon_borne_altimeter.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Averaged pulse-shape measurements of radar sea return at near-vertical incidence", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics, vol.GE-9, no.4, Oct. 1971, pp.233-241. pdf file (pulse_shape_sea_return.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Determination of the sea surface slope distribution and wind velocity using Sun glitter viewed from a synchronous satellite", Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol.1, no.3, July 1971, pp.214-220.
N. Levanon: "Delay-lock repeater tracking system utilizing superregenerative interrogator", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-8, no.4, July 1972, pp.541-545. pdf file (delay_lock_repeater.pdf)

N. Levanon, FG. Stremler and VE. Suomi: "A new approach to lightweight radar altimeters", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.62, no.6, June 1974, pp.784-792. pdf file (new_approach_altimeter.pdf)

N. Levanon, RA. Oehlkers, SD. Ellington, WJ. Massman and VE. Suomi: "On the behavior of superpressure balloons at 150 mb", Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol.13, no.4, June 1974, pp.494-504.

N. Levanon, J. Afanasjevs, SD. Ellington, RA. Oehlkers, VE. Suomi, EW. Lichfield and MW. Gray: "The TWERLE balloon-to-satellite data transmitting system", IEEE Transactions on Electronics, vol.GE-13, no.1, Jan. 1975, pp.39-52. pdf file (twerle_data_trans.pdf)

N. Levanon and MA. Heinzelman: "Adding a high-quality telemetry channel onto the standard 1680 MHz", Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol.14, no.4, June 1975, pp.639-643.

J. Afanasjevs, N. Levanon SD. Ellington, RA. Oehlkers and VE. Suomi: "Raw data digitizing and recording system for the Omega-sonde wind finding ground station", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics, vol.GE-13, no.4, Oct. 1975, pp.158-162. pdf file (omega_sonde.pdf)

N. Levanon, J. Afanasjevs, RA. Oehlkers and VE. Suomi: "An aneroid pressure sensor for constant-level balloons", Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol.14, no.6, Sept. 1975, pp.1125-1134. pdf file (aneroid_pressure_sensor.pdf)

JB. Beyer, J. Afanasjevs and N. Levanon: "A radio altimeter antenna for a planetary probe", IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, vol.AP-24, no.2, March 1976, pp.206-208. pdf file (planetary_probe_antenna.pdf)

N. Levanon and Y. Kushnir: "On the response of superpressure balloons to displacements from equilibrium density level", Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol.15, no.4, April 1976, pp.346-349.

N. Levanon, PR. Julian and VE. Suomi: "Antarctic topography from balloons", Nature, vol.268, no.5620, 11 Aug. 1977, pp.514-516.

N. Levanon and CR. Bentley: "Ice elevation map of Queen Maud Land Antarctica from balloon altimetry", Nature, vol.278, no.5707, 26 April 1979 pp.842-844.

N. Levanon: "Some results from utilizing Doppler derivatives", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-16, no.5, Sept. 1980, pp.727-729. pdf file (doppler_derivatives.pdf)

E. Weinstein and N. Levanon: "Passive array tracking of a continuous wave transmitting projectile", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-16, no.5, Sept. 1980, pp.721-726. pdf file (tracking_transmitting_projectile.pdf)

N. Levanon and E. Yalin-Mor: "Doppler radar tracking of hostile fire", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-17, no.3, May 1981, pp.469-471.

N. Levanon: "Convergence of polynomial least squares end-point and mid-point estimators", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.71, no.3, March 1983, pp.441-442. pdf file (convergence_of_polynomial.pdf)

N. Levanon and E. Weinstein: "Angle-independent Doppler velocity measurement", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.19, no.3, May 1983, pp.354-359. pdf file (angle_independent_velocity_meas.pdf)

N. Levanon: "Analytic inversion of Fisher's information matrix for delay, delay rate, and higher derivatives", IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, & Signal Processing, vol.ASSP-31, no.5, Oct. 1983, pp.1307-1309. pdf file (analytic_inversion_fisher.pdf)

N. Levanon: "Theoretical bounds on random errors in satellite Doppler navigation", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-20, no.6, Nov. 1984, pp.810-816. pdf file (satellite_doppler_navigation.pdf)

A. Freedman and N. Levanon: "Any two N*N Costas signals must have at least one common ambiguity sidelobe if N>3-a proof", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.73, no.10, Oct. 1985, pp.1530-1531. pdf file (any_two_nxn_costas.pdf)

N. Levanon and M. Ben-Zaken: "Random error in ARGOS and SARSAT satellite positioning systems", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-21, no.6, Nov. 1985, pp.783-790.

A. Freedman A and N. Levanon: "Staggered Costas signals", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-22, no.6, Nov. 1986, pp.695-702. pdf file (staggered_costas.pdf)

N. Levanon: "Numerically efficient calculations of clutter map CFAR performance", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.AES-23, no.6, Nov. 1987, pp.813-814. pdf file (clutter_map_cfar.pdf)

N. Levanon: "Detection loss due to interfering targets in ordered statistics CFAR", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, vol.24, no.6, Nov. 1988, pp.678-681. pdf file (loss_in_os_cfar.pdf)

Papers (since 1989)

N. Levanon and A. Freedman: ``Ambiguity function of quadriphase coded radar pulse'', IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-25 (6), 848-853, 1989. pdf file (ambquadr.pdf)
N. Levanon "Interferometny against differential Doppler: Performance comparison of two emitter location airborne systems", IEE Proceedings (London), Part F, 136 (2), 70-74, 1989. pdf file (interf.pdf)
N. Levanon and M. Shor: ``Order statistics CFAR for Weibull background'', IEE Proceedings (London), Part F, 137(3), 157-162, 1990. pdf file (osweibul.pdf)
M. Shor and N. Levanon: ``Performances of order statistics CFAR'', IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-27 (2), 214-224, 1991. pdf file (perforos.pdf)
N. Levanon: ``Analytic comparison of four robust algorithms for post-detection integration'', IEE Proc. (London), Part F, 139 (1), 67-72, 1992. pdf file (analcomp.pdf)
N. Levanon and A. Freedman: ``Periodic ambiguity function of CW signals with perfect periodic autocorrelation'', IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-28 (2), 387-395, 1992. pdf file (perambcw.pdf)
R. Ravid and N. Levanon: ``Maximum likelihood CFAR for Weibull background'', IEE Proc. (London) Part F, 139 (3), 256-264, 1992. pdf file (mlcfar.pdf)
N. Levanon: ``CW alternatives to the coherent pulse train signals and processors'', IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronics Systems, AES-29 (1), 250-254, 1993. pdf file (cwaltern.pdf)
A. Freedman and N. Levanon: ``Properties of the periodic ambiguity function''. IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-30 (3), 938-941, 1994. pdf file (proppaf.pdf)
N. Levanon and B. Getz: ``Comparison between Linear-FM and phase coded CW radars'', IEE Proc. (London), Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 141 (4), 230-240, 1994. pdf file (complfm.pdf)
B. Getz and N. Levanon: ``Weight effects on the periodic ambiguity function''. IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-31 (1), 182-193, 1995. pdf file (weightef.pdf)
A. Freedman, N. Levanon and S. Gabbay: ``Perfect periodic correlation sequences''. Signal Processing 41, 165-174, 1995. pdf file (perfect_periodic_correlation_sequences.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Upgrading conical scan with off-boresight measurements", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-33 (4), 1350-1357, 1997. pdf file (conical.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Quick position determination using 1 or 2 LEO satellites", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-34 (3), 736-754, 1998. pdf file (quickpos.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Effectiveness boundaries of Interferometric SAR", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-35 (3), 1106-1111, 1999.
N. Levanon: "Instant active positioning with one LEO satellite", Navigation, 46, (2), pp. 87-95, 1999. pdf file (Instant_active_positioning_with_one_LEO_satellite.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Lowest GDOP in 2-D scenarios", IEE Proc.(London)- Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 147 (3), 149-155, 2000.pdf file (lowgdop.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Multifrequency complementary phase-coded radar signal", IEE Proc.(London)- Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 147 (6), 276-284, 2000 pdf file (Mul_iee.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Acoustic hit indicator", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-37 (1), 304-309, 2001. pdf file (Ieee_hit.pdf)
N. Levanon and E. Mozeson: "Multicarrier radar signal - pulse train and CW", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-38 (2), 707-720, 2002. pdf file (mulieee.pdf)
E. Mozeson and N. Levanon: "MATLAB code for plotting ambiguity functions", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-38 (3), 1064-1068, 2002. pdf file (mtlb_amb.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Stepped-frequency pulse-train radar signal", IEE Proc. - Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 149 (6), 297-309, 2002. pdf file (stepfr.pdf)
E. Mozeson and N. Levanon: "Multicarrier radar signals with low peak-to-mean envelope power ratio", IEE Proc. - Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 150 (2), 71-77, 2003. pdf file (mcpc_pmepr.pdf)
E. Mozeson and N. Levanon: "Removing autocorrelation sidelobes by overlaying orthogonal coding on any train of identical pulses", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-39 (2), 583-603, 2003. pdf file (orthogonal_AES_Tr.pdf)

N. Levanon and E. Mozeson : "Nullifying ACF grating lobes in stepped-frequency train of LFM pulses", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-39 (2), 694-703, 2003. pdf file (nullifying.pdf)

N. Levanon and E. Mozeson : "Modified Costas signal", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 40 (3), 946-953, 2004. pdf file (modified_costas.pdf)

N. Levanon : "Implementing orthogonal binary overlay on a pulse train using frequency modulation", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 41 (1), 372-382, 2005. pdf file (Levanon_IEEE_TAES_JAN_05.pdf)

N. Levanon : "Cross-correlation of long binary signals with longer mismatched filters", IEE Proc. - Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 152 (6), 372-382, 2005. pdf file (mismatched_IEE.pdf)

N. Levanon and U. Levanon : "Two-valued frequency-coded waveforms with favorable periodic autocorrelation", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 42 (1), 237-248, 2006. pdf file (two_valued_fm.pdf)

N. Levanon : "Noncoherent pulse compression", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 42 (2), 756-765, 2006. pdf file (noncoherent_compression.pdf)

M. B. Sverdlik and N. Levanon : "Family of multicarrier bi-phase radar signals represented by ternary arrays", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 42 (3), 933-953, 2006. pdf file (Sverdlik_AES_July_06.pdf), Matlab program (all_ensembles.m)

N. Levanon : "Comment on 'Multi-range resolution radar using sideband spectrum energy'", IET Radar Sonar Navigation, Vol. 1 (3), 248, 2007. pdf file (comment_iet_2007.pdf)

N. Levanon : "Range sidelobes blanking by comparing outputs of contrasting mismatched filters", IET Radar Sonar Navigation, Vol. 3 (3), 265-277, 2009. pdf file (iet_rsn_paper_june_09.pdf)

N. Levanon : "Mitigating range ambiguity in high PRF radar using inter-pulse binary coding", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 45 (2), 687-697, 2009. pdf file (mitigating_range_ambiguity_aes_apr_09.pdf)

N. Levanon : "Noncoherent radar pulse compression based on complementary sequences", IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 45 (2), 742-747, 2009. pdf file (ncpc_complementary.pdf)

N. Levanon : "New waveform design for magnetron-based marine radar", IET Radar Sonar Navigation, Vol. 3 (5), 530-540, 2009. pdf file (waveform_for_magnetron_marine_radar.pdf)

N. Levanon, E. Ben-Yaacov and D. Quartler : "New waveform for magnetron marine radar - experimental results", IET Radar Sonar Navigation, Vol. 6 (5), 314-321, 2012. pdf file (iet_rsn_may_2012.pdf)

D. Kravitz, D. Grodensky, N. Levanon and A. Zadok: "High-resolution low-sidelobe laser ranging based on incoherent pulse compression", IEEE Photonic Technology Letters, Vol. 24, (23), 2119-2121, 2012. pdf file (laser_ranging.pdf)

Y. Antman, N. Levanon and A. Zadok: "Low-noise delays from dynamic Brillouin gratings based on perfect Golomb coding of pump waves", Optics Letters, Vol. 37, (24), 5259-5261, December 15, 2012. pdf file (brillouin_grating_based_on_golomb_coding.pdf)

PATENTS

Black, H.D., J. Daniels, N. Levanon and T.E. Strikwerda: "Platform transmitter terminal (PTT) for use with an ARGOS type satellite system and utilizing a solar array/rechargeable battery power source". U.S. Patent No. 4,731,870; March 15, 1988.
Levanon, N.: "Acoustic hit indicator". U.S. Patent No. 5,920,522; July 6, 1999. pdf file (hit_pat.pdf)
Levanon, N.: "Passive position determination using two low-earth orbit satellites". U.S. Patent No. 6,078,284; June 20, 2000. pdf file (pass_pat.pdf)
Levanon, N.: "Positioning determination using one low earth orbit satellite". U.S. Patent No. 6,107,959; August 22, 2000 pdf file (ones_pat.pdf)
Dai J., Levanon, N., Ames W.G., Victor E., Determan J.: "Accurate range and range rate determination in a satellite communcations system". U.S. Patent No. 6,137,441; October 24, 2000. pdf file (meas_pat.pdf)
Agrawal A., Vajayan R., Levanon N.: "Accumulated phase measurement using open-loop phase estimation". U.S. Patent No. 6,282,500; August 28, 2001. pdf file (phase_pat.pdf)
Levanon N., Victor E.B., Vembu S.: "Unambiguous position determination using two low-earth orbit satellites". U.S. Patent No. 6,327,534; December 4, 2001. pdf file (Twos_pat.pdf)
Miller D.S., Levanon N., Agrawal A.:"System and method for measuring round trip delay on the paging and access channels". U.S. Patent No. 6,366,762; April 2, 2002. pdf file (rtd_pat.pdf)
Levanon N.:"Fine positioning of a user terminal in a satellite communication system". U.S. Patent No. 6,369,754; April 9, 2002. pdf file (finemod.pdf)
Levanon N.:"Multifrequency signal structure for radar systems". U.S. Patent No. 6,392,588; May 21, 2002. pdf file (mcpc_pat.pdf)
Fernandez-Corbaton J., Levanon N.:"System and method of estimating earliest arrival of CDMA forward and reverse link signals". U.S. Patent No. 6697417; Feb. 24, 2004. pdf file (pat_6697417.pdf)

CONFERENCES (Since 1989)

N. Levanon and M. Shor: "OS-CFAR for Weibull clutter", Proceedings of the Int'l Symp. On Noise and clutter Rejection (ISNCR-89), Kyoto, November, 14-16, 1989. pp. 548-553.
N. Levanon: "Censored video integration in radar detection", Proceeding of the IEEE 1990 Int'l Radar Conference, Arlington Virginia, May 7-10, 1990. pp. 511-513. pdf file (censored_video_integration.pdf)
R. Ravid and N. Levanon: "Maximum likelihood CFAR for Weibull background", Proceeding of the 1991 CIE Int'l Conference, on Radar (CICR-91), Beijing,

Oct. 22-24,1991, pp. 411-414.

N. Levanon: "Delay-Doppler response of new CW radar signals", Proceeding of the Iternational Conference on Radar (Radar 94), Paris, May 3-6, 1994, pp. 376-381.
N. Levanon: "Multifrequency radar signals", Proceeding of the IEEE 2000 Int'l Radar Conference, Alexandria, VA, USA, May 7-12, 2000 pp. 683-688. pdf file (multifre.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Multifrequency complementary phase-coded radar signal", Proceeding of the Greman Radar Symposium - GRS 2000, Berlin, Germany, 11-12

October 2000, pp. 449-454. pdf file (GRS2000.PDF)

N. Levanon: "Train of diverse multifrequency radar pulses", Proceeding of the IEEE 2001 Radar Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 1-3, 2001, pp. 93-98. pdf file (Rad2001.pdf)
E. Mozeson and N. Levanon: "Diverse radar pulse-train with favourable autocorrelation and ambiguity functions", Proceeding of the IEE Radar 2002 Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 15-17 Oct. 2002, pp. 172-176. pdf file (overlay.pdf)
N. Levanon and E. Mozeson: "Orthogonal train of modified Costas pulses", Proceeding of the IEEE 2004 Radar Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 26-29, 2004, pp. 255-259. pdf file (levanon_rad2004_final.pdf)
U. Peer and N. Levanon: "Compression waveforms for non-coherent radar", 2007 IEEE Radar Conference, Boston, MA, USA, April 17-20, 2007. pdf file (RadarConf_2007.pdf)
N. Levanoni and U. Peer : "Non-coherent pulse compression - concept and waveforms", 21'st IEEE Israel AP/MTT & AES Chapters Symposium, Tel Aviv, May 15, 2007. pdf file (ncpc_israel_conf.pdf)
N. Levanon: "Inter-pulse coding for ideal range response", 2008 IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, 26-30 May, 2008. pp. 36-41. pdf file (inter_pulse_coding_rome_08.pdf)
R. Erdmann, J. Malowicki, M. Fanto, T. McEwen, H. Zmuda and N. Levanon: "Waveform use in incoherent radar and laser radar applications", 54th Annual Tri-Service Radar Symposium, Monterey, CA, 23-27 June, 2008. pdf file (TriServiceRadar_2008.pdf)
N. Levanon: "The periodic ambiguity function - its validity and value", 2010 IEEE Int'l Radar Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 10-14 May 2010, pp. 204-208. pdf file (levanon_PAF_paper_radar_2010.pdf)
E. Ben-Yaacov, D. Quartler and N. Levanon: "Inter-pulse coding and coherent-on-receive modifications of magnetron-based marine radar", IEEE COMCAS 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 7-9, 2011. pdf file (comcas11_paper.pdf) , pdf file (comcas11_presentation.pdf)

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