The Reduction of Radar Glint By Diversity Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1971, Pages 462-468

  Sims, Robert J ^a   Graf, Edward R ^b  

^a U S Army Satellite Communication Agency ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR GLINT;

RADAR--INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0015095989     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1971.1139956     Document Type: Note

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