The synthetic aperture radar trans-ionospheric radio propagation simulator (SAR-TIRPS)

IET Conference Publications

Volumn 2009, Issue 549 CP, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Rogers, N C ^a   Cannon, P S ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for RF Operational Environments   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Propagation; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; DESIGN CONCEPT; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; IONOSPHERIC RADIO PROPAGATION; LOW FREQUENCY; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PHASE COHERENCE; PHASE SCREEN; PHASE SPECTRA; POINT TARGETS; PROPAGATION; PROPAGATION METHOD; SAR IMAGES; SAR SIMULATION; SIDELOBE RATIOS; SPACE-BASED; TARGET IMAGES; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

FORWARD SCATTERING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADAR; RADIO WAVES; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 79953008693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2009.0046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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