Ionospheric sounding in support of over-the-horizon radar

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1681-1694

  Reinisch, B W ^a   Haines, D M ^a   Bibl, K ^a   Galkin, I ^a   Huang, X ^a   Kitrosser, D F ^a   Sales, G S ^a   Scali, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETRY; IONOSPHERE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ACCESS CONTROL; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

DIGISONDE PORTABLE SOUNDER; DOPPLER INTERFEROMETRY; INTERNET; IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

RADAR SYSTEMS; RADAR;

COORDINATE REGISTRATION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DOPPLER INTERFEROMETRY; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURES; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR; TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH;

EID: 0031190982     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00841     Document Type: Article

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