Advanced architectures for real-time Delay-Doppler Map GNSS-reflectometers: The GPS reflectometer instrument for PAU (griPAU)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-207

  Valencia, E ^a   Camps, A ^a   Marchan Hernandez, J F ^a   Bosch Lluis, X ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, N ^a   Ramos Perez, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delay Doppler Map; Digital design; GNSS R; GPS; Sea state

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DIGITAL STORAGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DELAY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ARCHITECTURE AND PERFORMANCE; DELAY-DOPPLER MAPS; DIGITAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL DESIGNS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS-R; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SEA STATE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 78650912561     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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