Applications of high-frequency radar

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1045-1054

  Headrick, J M ^a   Thomason, J F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR TRACKING; IONOSPHERE; MATCHED FILTERS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PATTERN MATCHING; RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE WAVES;

HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR;

RADAR SYSTEMS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DIRECTION ESTIMATION; HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; RESONANT SCATTERING; TARGET-TO-CLUTTER RATIOS; WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0032115374     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01013     Document Type: Article

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