A GPS-reflections receiver that computes doppler/delay maps in real time

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-174

  Nogués Correig, Oleguer ^a,b   Galí, Estel Cardellach ^a   Campderrós, Josep Sanz ^a,b   Rius, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b ENFASYSTEM SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Bistatic radar; Global positioning system reflections (GPS R); GPS open loop differential real time receiver (GOLD RTR); Passive reflectometry and interferometry system (PArIS) concept; Radar systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

BISTATIC RADAR; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM REFLECTIONS (GPS-R); GPS OPEN-LOOP DIFFERENTIAL REAL-TIME RECEIVER (GOLD-RTR); PASSIVE REFLECTOMETRY AND INTERFEROMETRY SYSTEM (PARIS) CONCEPTS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 33846232641     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.882257     Document Type: Article

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