The HF surface wave radar WERA. Part I: Statistical analysis of recorded data

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 826-831

  Maresca, Salvatore ^a   Greco, Maria ^a   Gini, Fulvio ^a   Grasso, Raffaele ^b   Coraluppi, Stefano ^b   Thomas, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SAS ActiMar   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; HEAVY-TAILED BEHAVIOR; HF SURFACE WAVE RADAR; IONOSPHERE LAYERS; MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; METEOR TRAILS; OCEAN REMOTE SENSING; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR; RANGE CELLS; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL;

DATA HANDLING; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIO COMMUNICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

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EID: 77954889798     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2010.5494505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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