Observations of sea clutter using an S-band weather radar

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-270

  Collier, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER;

C-BANDS; S-BAND RADAR; SEA CLUTTERS; SOUTH WALES;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY);

DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER RADAR; RESEARCH WORK;

SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 1842785590     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482798000930     Document Type: Article

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