Implementation and evaluation of coherent synthetic aperture radar processing for level measurements of bulk goods with an FMCW-system

Advances in Radio Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 7-11

  Vogt, M ^a   Gerding, M ^a   Musch, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH RESOLUTION; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; FMCW RADAR SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE RADARS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING SURFACE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

ANTENNAS; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SURFACES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 77957563019     PISSN: 16849965     EISSN: 16849973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/ars-8-7-2010     Document Type: Article

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