System design, signal-processing procedures, and preliminary results for the Canadian (London, Ontario) VHF atmospheric radar

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 687-706

  Hocking, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; RADAR; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RADIOSONDES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADARS; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; MEAN VERTICAL VELOCITY; ON-LINE SOFTWARES; ONTARIO , CANADA; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SPECTRAL FITTING; UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO;

SIGNAL PROCESSING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

FLEXIBLE BEAM STEERING; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERIC RADAR;

EID: 0031101930     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03316     Document Type: Article

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