Real-time space debris monitoring with EISCAT

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1197-1209

  Markkanen, J ^a   Lehtinen, M ^b   Landgraf, M ^c  

^a EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c ESA ESOC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent integration; Space debris; Statistical inversion

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; LASER PULSES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPACE RESEARCH;

COHERENT INTEGRATION; MATCH FUNCTIONS (MF); STATISTICAL INVERSION;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 22644434725     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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