Evidence of tilted layers in angle of arrival and Doppler beam steering power measurements

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 983-997

  Hobbs, Bridget G ^a,c   Reid, Iain M ^a   Holdsworth, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Atmospheric Radar Systems   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DOPPLER EFFECT; RADIO WAVES; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; RADIO;

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL; DOPPLER BEAM STEERING; BEAM POWER; BEAM-STEERING; DOPPLER; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; VERTICAL BEAMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 0034216076     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002233     Document Type: Article

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