Software Radar signal processing

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-121

  Grydeland, Tom ^a   Lind, F D ^b   Erickson, P J ^b   Holt, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radio Science (Instruments and techniques; Signal processing; Interferometry)

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; RADAR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 15544390245     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-109-2005     Document Type: Article

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