Calibration of active antenna arrays using a sky brightness model

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Rogers, Alan E E ^a   Pratap, Preethi ^a   Kratzenberg, Eric ^a   Diaz, Marcos A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active antenna; Antenna arrays; Calibration; Radio antenna; Sky model

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIER GAIN; NOISE TEMPERATURE; RECEIVER GAINS; SKY SURVEYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 18244425275     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003rs003016     Document Type: Article

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