An efficient algorithm to the simulation of delaydoppler maps of reflected global navigation satellite system signals

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2733-2740

  Marchan Hernandez, Juan Fernando ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, Nereida ^a   Valencia, Enric ^a   Bosch Lluis, Xavier ^a   Ramos Perez, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delay Doppler map (DDM); Reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS R); Reflectometer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; DELAY-DOPPLER MAP (DDM); DELAY-DOPPLER MAPS; DOPPLER SHIFTS; EFFICIENT ALGORITHM; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; MEMORY RESOURCES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REFLECTED GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS-R); SAMPLING POINTS; SPACE COORDINATES; SPACE-BORNE; STANDARD DESKTOP;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REFLECTOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

NAVIGATION CHARTS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; REFLECTOMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 67949120327     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2014465     Document Type: Article

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