A new incoherent scatter technique in the EISCAT Svalbard Radar

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 3-1-3-14

  Lehtinen, Markku ^a   Markkanen, Jussi ^a   Väänänen, Antero ^a   Huuskonen, Asko ^b   Damtie, Baylie ^c   Nygrén, Tuomo ^c   Rahkola, Jyrki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d Invers Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Incoherent scatter; Radar modulation; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; HARD DISK STORAGE; IONOSPHERE; MODULATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMART CARDS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

INCOHERENT SCATTER TECHNIQUE; RADAR MODULATION; RADIO SCIENCE;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036663865     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001rs002518     Document Type: Article

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