Polarization properties of reflector antennas used as radio telescopes

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Ng, T ^a,b   Landecker, T L ^a   Cazzolato, F ^c   Routledge, D ^b   Gray, A D ^a   Reid, R I ^a   Veidt, B G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZED SIGNAL; RADIO SOURCES; STOKES PARAMETERS;

ASTROPHYSICS; MIRRORS; POLARIZATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 29144487940     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003209     Document Type: Article

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