A ray tracing formulation and its application to some problems in over-the-horizon radar

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1187-1197

  Coleman, C J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; GRAPHIC METHODS; RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

BACKSCATTER IONOGRAM; FAST CALCULATIONS; IONOGRAMS; ITS APPLICATIONS; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR;

RAY TRACING; RADAR SYSTEMS;

BACKSCATTER IONOGRAMS; OVER THE HORIZON RADAR; RAY TRACING SCHEME;

EID: 0032120316     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01523     Document Type: Article

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