High-frequency radars: Physical limitations and recent developments

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 201-218

  Gurgel, K W ^a   Essen, H H ^a   Kingsley, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Ground wave propagation; HF radar; Side lobes; Spatial resolution; Working range

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

GROUND WAVE PROPAGATION; HIGH FREQUENCY RADARS;

MARINE RADAR;

CURRENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 0033408414     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(99)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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