Scattering layer thickness and position estimated by radar frequency domain interferometry 2. Effects of tilts of the scattering layer or radar beam

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1109-1127

  Luce, H ^a   Rottger J ^b   Crochet, M ^c   Yamamoto, M ^a   Fukao, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR TRACKING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; RADAR;

ECHO POWER; RADAR BEAM; RADAR FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; SCATTERING LAYER; TILTS; ZENITH;

RADAR IMAGING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DUAL FREQUENCY; LAYER THICKNESS; POSITION ESTIMATION; RADAR FREQUENCIES; SCATTERING LAYER; SCATTERING STRUCTURES; THEORETICAL STUDY; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 17744362867     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002261     Document Type: Article

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