Method for detecting the extent of the melting layer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2104-2105

  Bandera, J ^a   Papatsoris, A D ^a   Watson, P A ^a   Tan, J ^b   Goddard, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; DOPPLER RADAR; EDGE DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR REFLECTION;

ATTENUATION MODELING; CURRENT MELTING BAND DETECTION TECHNIQUES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0032180297     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19981462     Document Type: Article

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