Effect of nonuniform beam filling on the propagation of the radar signal at X-band frequencies. Part I: Changes in the k(Z) relationship

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1113-1126

  Gosset, M ^a   Zawadzki, I ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REFLECTION; SAMPLING;

BEAM FILLING;

RADAR;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; RADAR;

EID: 0035387674     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1113:EONBFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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