Equatorial atmosphere radar (EAR): System description and first results

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Fukao, Shoichiro ^a   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki K ^a   Sato, Toru ^a   Hagio, Masahiro ^b   Yabugaki, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radar; Equatorial Indonesia; Phased array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE RADAR; FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 0042384893     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002RS002767     Document Type: Article

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