Phased-array design for biological clutter rejection: Simulation and experimental validation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-598

  Cheong, Boon Leng ^a   Hoffman, M W ^b   Palmer, R D ^a   Frasier, Stephen J ^c   Lopez Dekker F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR RECEIVERS; SCANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOLOGICAL CLUTTER REJECTION; PHASED-ARRAY DESIGN; TURBULENT EDDY PROFILER (TEP);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR RECEIVERS; SCANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADAR IMAGERY;

AVES;

EID: 33646444617     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1867.1     Document Type: Article

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