Low profile harmonic radar transponder for tracking small endangered species

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2338-2341

  Kiriazi, John ^a,b   Nakakura, Jayson ^b   Hall, Kevin ^c   Hafher, Noah ^d   Lubecke, Victor ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; PASSIVE HARMONIC RADAR TAGS; PLANAR ANTENNAS;

ANIMALS; ANTENNAS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; RADAR;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNAIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SNAILS;

EID: 57649174444     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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