An ambiguity-function-based method for analysis of Doppler decompressed radar signals applied to EISCAT measurements of oblique UHF-VHF meteor echoes

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-518

  Wannberg, G ^a   Pellinen Wannberg, A ^b   Westman, A ^b  

^a EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY CODES; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FREQUENCIES; METEOR BURST COMMUNICATION; PHASE MODULATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL ENCODING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

AMBIGUITY FUNCTION BASED METHOD; BARKER CODES; DOPPLER DECOMPRESSED RADAR SIGNALS; DOPPLER DECOMPRESSION SIGNATURES; INCOHERENT SCATTER MEASUREMENTS; LINE OF SIGHT VELOCITIES; MATCHED FILTERING TECHNIQUES; OBLIQUE UHF-VHF METEOR ECHOES; RADAR TOTAL POWER MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 0030148458     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS00088     Document Type: Article

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