Single Reference, Three Target Calibration And Error Correction For Monostatic, Polarimetric Free Space Measurements

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1551-1558

  Wiesbeck, Werner ^a   Kahny, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS - MEASUREMENTS; RADAR - CROSS SECTIONS; RADAR - MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; POLARIMETRIC SCATTERING RANGES; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0026242007     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.104229     Document Type: Article

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