Full polarimetric calibration radar cross-section measurements: Performance analysis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2357-2365

  Welsh, Byron M ^a   Kent, Brian M ^b   Buterbaugh, Alan L ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MEASUREMENTS; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

POLARIMETRIC CALIBRATION; RADAR CROSS SECTION MEASUREMENTS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 4644255755     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.834042     Document Type: Article

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