• DocumentCode
    1380941
  • Title

    Stepped chirp phase errors in spaceborne altimeters

  • Author

    Bucciarelli, T. ; Fedele, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Roma Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    48
  • Abstract
    The stepped chirp approach which can be used to produce very wideband synthetic chirp signals is considered. The influence of phase errors is analysed and the relevant results are shown in terms of peak loss and resolution degradation of the compressed output.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; height measurement; measurement errors; radar applications; radioaltimeters; compressed output; peak loss; phase errors; resolution degradation; spaceborne altimeters; stepped chirp; wideband synthetic chirp signals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910030
  • Filename
    60858
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1380941