A comparison of the machine learning algorithm for evaporation duct estimation

Radioengineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 657-661

  Yang, Chao ^a  

^a XI AN UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Evaporation duct; Machine learning algorithm; Parameter estimation; Radar sea clutter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882605134     PISSN: 12102512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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