Radio wave fluctuations in satellite-atmosphere-satellite links: Estimates from stellar scintillation observations and their comparison with experimental data

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-292

  Gurvich, A S ^a   Kan, V ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; RADIO OCCULTATION; RADIO WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE LINK;

EID: 0031449554     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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