Analysis of direction-of-arrival aliasing for MF/HF Doppler-sorted interferometry measurements of ionospheric drift

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 999-1009

  Parkinson, M L ^a   Dyson, P L ^a   Smith, P R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIOSONDES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; GEOMAGNETISM; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL (DOA) ALIASING; DOPPLER FREQUENCY ALIASING; DOPPLER SHIFTED INTERFEROMETRY;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; DOPPLER FREQUENCY; DOPPLER SPECTRA; FINITE RESOLUTION; INTERFEROMETRY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 0031131440     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00051     Document Type: Article

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