Self-survey calibration of meteor radar antenna arrays

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 524-531

  Valentic, Todd A ^a   Avery, James P ^a   Avery, Susan K ^a   Livingston, Robert C ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADAR RECEIVERS; RADAR TRANSMITTERS;

PHASE ERRORS; SELF SURVEY CALIBRATION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0031145652     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.581960     Document Type: Article

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