A new theoretical approach of wavelet-based multifractal characterization of HF channel scattering function: Theoretical and physical interpretations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1736-1747

  Dziri, Ali ^a   Goutelard, Claude ^a   Abdaoui, Abderrazek ^a,b   Thien, Han Vu ^a  

^a University of Paris Cité   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Fractal; ionosphere; irregularities; multifractal; scattering function

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; DYNAMIC NATURE; HF RADIO WAVES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; IRREGULARITIES; LEGENDRE; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI-FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL CHARACTERIZATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; SMALL-SCALE IRREGULARITIES; SOLAR ECLIPSE; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCATTERING;

FRACTALS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; MAPPING; RADIO WAVE; SOLAR ECLIPSE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860323188     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2169801     Document Type: Article

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