Frequency domain interferometry on spaced antenna MF radar

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1077-1088

  Brown, William O J ^a,c   Fraser, Grahame J ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANTENNAS; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; SCATTERING DEPTH; SPACED ANTENNA RADARS;

INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY CORRELATION FUNCTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; MEDIUM FREQUENCIES; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; NEW ZEALAND; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL INTERFEROMETRY; THIN LAYERS;

EID: 0030243657     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS01468     Document Type: Article

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