Optimum Antenna Polarizations for Target Discrimination in Clutter

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 357-363

  Hammers, David E ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b ITT Industries Gilfillan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - SCATTERING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0018466468     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1979.1142099     Document Type: Article

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