A new design for a very low frequency spaceborne radio interferometer

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Oberoi, Divya ^a   Pinçon, Jean Louis ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BANDWIDTH; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SATELLITES; TELEMETERING;

EARTH-BASED INSTRUMENTS; ORTHOGONAL DIPOLES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO WINDOWS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 27544458105     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003211     Document Type: Article

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