Optimum corner reflectors for calibration of imaging radars

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1348-1361

  Sarabandi, Kamal ^a   Chiu, Tsen Chieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALIBRATION; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MIRRORS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR IMAGING;

COHERENT GROUND INTERACTION; IMAGING RADARS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0030269890     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.537329     Document Type: Article

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