A low-cost harmonic radar for tracking very small tagged amphibians

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 234-237

  Aumann, Herbert ^a   Kus, Evan ^a   Cline, Brittany ^b   Emanetoglu, Nuri W ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM LENGTHS; CRYPTIC PERIOD; HARMONIC RADAR; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LIFE HISTORY; SATELLITE TELEVISIONS; TAG DETECTION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; TRACKING RADAR; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RADAR TRACKING;

EID: 84882257846     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2013.6555415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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