Effect of snow accumulation on imaging riometer performance

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1143-1153

  Rose, Mike C ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Maxfield, David J ^a   Rosenberg, Theodore J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO WAVES; SNOW; ANTENNAS; ISOMERS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

IMAGING RIOMETER FOR IONOSPHERIC STUDIES; RELATIVE IONOSPHERE OPACITY METER; RIOMETER BEAM;

RADAR IMAGING; SNOW;

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; ANTARCTICA; CROSSED-DIPOLE ANTENNA; GROUND PLANES; SCIENTIFIC DATA; SIGNAL LEVEL; SNOW ACCUMULATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

EID: 0034263131     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000RS002314     Document Type: Article

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