Effects of nonuniform beam filling on the propagation of radar signals at X-band frequencies. Part II: Examination of differential phase shift

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 358-367

  Gosset, Marielle ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EVALUATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE SHIFT; POLARIMETERS; SAMPLING;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT; NONUNIFORM BEAM FILLING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BACKSCATTER; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 1842731322     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0358:EONBFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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