Radar performance during propagation fades in the mid-Atlantic region

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1056-1063

  Brookner, E ^a   Ferraro, E ^a   Ouderkirk, G D ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FADING (RADIO); FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAPS; PERFORMANCE; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

RADAR DETECTION RANGE;

RADAR;

EID: 0032119250     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.704809     Document Type: Article

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