Phase calibration of VHF spatial interferonietry radars using stellar sources

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-156

  Palmer, R D ^a   Vangal, S ^a   Larsen, M F ^b   Fukao, S ^c   Nakamura, T ^c   Yamamoto, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CALIBRATION; DOPPLER RADAR; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR RECEIVERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; TROPOSPHERE; COSMOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; LOCATION; RADAR; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STARS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

IMBALANCE; PHASE CALIBRATION; SPACED ANTENNA METHOD; SPATIAL INTERFEROMETRY; STELLAR SOURCES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS; CENTER FREQUENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MULTIPLE RECEIVERS; PATH LENGTH DIFFERENCE; PHASE CALIBRATION; PHASE IMBALANCES; SPATIAL INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0029777208     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS02319     Document Type: Article

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