Likelihood estimation of tropospheric duct parameters from horizontal propagation measurements

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-92

  Rogers, L Ted ^a  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; REFRACTION;

CAPPING INVERSION; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER (MBL); REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURE;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY; BAYESIAN ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIO FREQUENCY PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURES; THREE-PARAMETER MODELS; TROPOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY;

EID: 0030733407     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02904     Document Type: Article

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