Refractivity estimation using multiple elevation angles

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-525

  Gerstoft, Peter ^a   Rogers, L Ted ^b   Hodgkiss, William S ^a   Wagner, Lee J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Radar clutter; Refractivity estimation; SAGA

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; RADAR SEA CLUTTER; REFRACTIVITY ESTIMATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADAR;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 0242583822     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2003.816680     Document Type: Article

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