The Manastash Ridge radar: A passive bistatic radar for upper atmospheric radio science

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2345-2358

  Sahr, John D ^a   Lind, Frank D ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; RADIO BROADCASTING; REMOTE SENSING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR RECEIVERS; RADAR SHIELDING;

AMBIGUITY FUNCTION; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; MANASTASH RIDGE RADARS; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; PLASMA IRREGULARITIES; RADAR REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

RADAR;

MANASTASH RIDGE RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERIC RADIO SCIENCE;

EID: 0031268419     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS02454     Document Type: Article

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