Skylab S-193 Radar Altimeter Experiment Analyses and ResultsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1977 - 382 pages |
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104-PULSE AVG MV along-track altitude data amplitude analysis antenna pattern attenuation autocorrelation average return power average return waveform average waveform backscattering Backscattering Cross Section bandwidth Butterworth filter Chapter cloud coefficient computed CORRELATION 104-PULSE AVG cross-track cumulus curve Curve's Zero Line effect equation EREP Pass 9 FRAME FREQ G. S. Brown Gaussian geoid ground track Gulf Stream jitter June mean return measurements meters Mode nadir NANOSECONDS normalized off-nadir angle Offset P-TO-P CORRELATION 104-PULSE Pass 17 peak point target response pointing angle pointing error pulse compression random received power relative S-193 radar altimeter S&H gates Salt Lake Desert Sample and Hold Satellite semimajor axis ship reports shown in Figure signal Skylab SL-2 EREP Pass specular Submode surface height system point target tracker tracking loop trailing edge values variance variation voltage WALLOPS ISLAND waveform data Wiener filter wind speed