Attenuation and Cross-Polarization Measurements at 20 GHz Using the ATS-6 Satellite with Simultaneous Radar Observations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 11-17

  Mcewan, N J ^b   Dissanayake, A W ^b   Haworth, D P ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS - MICROWAVE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, MICROWAVE;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 0018328469     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1979.1142023     Document Type: Article

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