Aperture synthesis polarimetry: Application to the dominion radio astrophysical observatory synthesis telescope

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 643-656

  Smegal, R J ^a,b   Landecker, T L ^b   Vaneldik, J F ^a   Routledge, D ^a   Dewdney, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; OBSERVATORIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; TELESCOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; RADAR ANTENNAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS; ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; FOUR STOKES PARAMETERS; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; LINEARLY POLARIZED EMISSION; POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; RIGHT-HAND CIRCULAR POLARIZATIONS;

POLARIZATION; RADIO TELESCOPES;

APERTURE SYNTHESIS POLARIMETRY;

EID: 0031098118     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02990     Document Type: Article

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