Signal and noise level estimation for narrow spectral width returns observed by the Indian MST radar

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 859-870

  Hooper, D A ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; IONOSPHERE; METADATA; RADAR;

HAMMING WINDOW; HANNING WINDOW; MESOSPHERE;

RADAR; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MESOSPHERE-STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE RADARS; NOISE LEVEL ESTIMATION; QUADRATURE COMPONENTS; REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURES; SIGNAL INFORMATION; SPECTRAL LEAKAGE;

EID: 0032624356     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900041     Document Type: Article

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