Wind estimation errors of the spaced antenna technique studied with simulations and observations: A case study for the MU radar

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1193-1201

  Tahara, Yukihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS; ANTENNAS; ERRORS; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

FULL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (FCA); SPACED ANTENNAS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

COMPLEX TIME SERIES; DOPPLER TECHNIQUES; ESTIMATION ERRORS; FULL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ISOTROPIC SCATTERING; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SPACED-ANTENNA TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0031130447     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00090     Document Type: Article

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