Estimation of radio refractivity structure using matched-field array processing

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 345-356

  Gerstoft, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic propagation in nonhomogeneous media; Refractivity estimation; Signal processing; Uhf radio propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000368069     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.841895     Document Type: Article

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