Passive coherent scatter radar interferometer implementation, observations, and analysis

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Meyer, Melissa G ^a   Sahr, John D ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Field aligned irregularities; Interferometry; Passive radar

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DATA REDUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT SCATTERING; RADAR ANTENNAS;

CARRIER FREQUENCY; FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; PASSIVE RADAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

RADAR;

EID: 3843077411     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003RS002985     Document Type: Article

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