New Horizons for Over-the-Horizon Radar?

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 14-24

  Georges, T M ^a   Harlan, J A ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARINE BIOLOGY; MILITARY MAPPING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

IONOSPHERIC HOP; OVER THE HORIZON (OTH-B) AIR DEFENSE RADARS;

MILITARY RADAR;

EID: 0028482710     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.317763     Document Type: Article

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