Angular resolution of two-dimensional, hexagonally sampled interferometric radiometers

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1459-1473

  Bara J ^a   Camps, A ^a   Torres, F ^a   Corbella, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; CORRELATORS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; BARLETT WINDOW; BEAM WIDTH; BLACKMANN WINDOW; ENCIRCLED ENERGY; GAUSSIAN WINDOW; INTERFEROMETRIC RADIOMETERS; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES; SIDE LOBE LEVEL; SPATIAL DECORRELATION EFFECTS;

RADIOMETERS; EARTH (PLANET);

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; INTERFEROMETRIC RADIOMETERS; LABORATORY BREADBOARDS; ONE DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL; RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION; RADIOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL DECORRELATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032166250     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS00829     Document Type: Article

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