Antenna auto-calibration and metrology approach for the AFRL/JPL space based radar

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 21-26

  McWatters, Dalia ^a   Freedman, Adam ^a   Michel, Thierry ^a   Cable, Vaughn ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PHASE SHIFTERS; RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACECRAFT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMOANALYSIS;

MOVING TARGET INDICATION (MTI); PHASE ERRORS; PROGRAMMABLE ATTENUATORS; SPACE BASED RADAR (SBR);

SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

EID: 4544248424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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