Azimuth dependence of Doppler spectra of sea clutter at low grazing angle

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Lamont Smith, T ^a  

^a QinetiQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVELENGTH;

DOPPLER SPECTRA; LOW GRAZING ANGLES; SWELL WAVES;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 40549105702     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn:20070099     Document Type: Article

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