The next-generation multimission U.S. surveillance radar network

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1739-1751

  Weber, Mark E ^a   Cho, John Y N ^a   Herd, Jeffrey S ^a   Flavin, James M ^a   Benner, William E ^b   Torok, Garth S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TECHNOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION);

AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE; NEXT-GENERATION MULTIMISSION PHASED-ARRAY RADAR; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 37349093445     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-11-1739     Document Type: Article

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