Radar signal simulation: Surface modeling with the Facet Method

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-177

  Nouvel, J F ^a   Herique, A ^a   Kofman, W ^a   Safaeinili, A ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet Method; Radar signal; Surface modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; RADAR SIMULATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FACET METHOD; RADAR SIGNAL; SURFACE MODELING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942474603     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003rs002903     Document Type: Article

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