The Average Impulse Response of a Rough Surface and Its Applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 67-74

  Brown, Gary S ^a  

^a Applied Science Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS - RADAR; RADIO ALTIMETERS;

RADAR;

EID: 0017439108     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1977.1141536     Document Type: Article

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