Complementary Code and Digital Filtering for Detection of Weak VHF Radar Signals from the Mesosphere

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1979, Pages 154-161

  Schmidt, Gerhard ^a   Rüster, Rüdiger ^a   Czechowsky, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR - METEOROLOGICAL;

MESOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0018531897     PISSN: 00189413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGE.1979.294643     Document Type: Article

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