First spaceborne observation of an Earth-reflected GPS signal

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-1-7-28

  Lowe, Stephen T ^a   LaBrecque, John L ^a   Zuffada, Cinzia ^a   Romans, Larry J ^a   Young, Larry E ^a   Hajj, George A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS reflections; Ocean altimetry

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR IMAGING; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION;

CROSS CORRELATION;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036223195     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000rs002539     Document Type: Article

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