A Method to Correct HF Skywave Backscattered Signals for Ionospheric Frequency Modulation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 127-135

  Parent, Jacques ^a   Bourdillon, Alain ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - PROPAGATION IN IONOSPHERE; FREQUENCY MODULATION - ESTIMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING - TESTING;

F2-LAYER IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; SKYWAVE BACKSCATTERING SIGNALS; SPORADIC E-LAYER PROPAGATION; SYNTHETICALLY CONTAMINATING HIGH-QUALITY SIGNALS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0023834591     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.1083     Document Type: Article

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