Frequency-Agility Processing Processing Reduce Radar Glint Pointing Error

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn AES-10, Issue 6, 1974, Pages 811-820

  Loomis, Jester M ^a   Graf, Edward R ^b  

^a U S ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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RADAR;

EID: 0016127934     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.1974.307889     Document Type: Article

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