A method for seeking low-redundancy large linear arrays in aperture synthesis microwave radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1913-1921

  Dong, Jian ^a   Li, Qingxia ^a   Jin, Rong ^a   Zhu, Yaoting ^a   Huang, Quanliang ^a   Gui, Liangqi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization (ACO); Aperture synthesis radiometer; Redundancy; Thinned linear arrays

Indexed keywords

ANT-COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANTENNA ARRAY DESIGN; ANTENNA ELEMENT; APERTURE SYNTHESIS; APERTURE SYNTHESIS RADIOMETER; APERTURE SYNTHESIS RADIOMETERS; ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EFFICIENT METHOD; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LINEAR ARRAYS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMAL ARRAYS; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ARRAY PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COST REDUCTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REDUNDANCY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77953118778     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2046846     Document Type: Article

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