Sea Wind Measurement by Doppler Navigation System with X-Configured Beams in Rectilinear Flight
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Doppler Navigation System Functions and Applications
2.2. Near-Surface Wind Measuring
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
DNS | Doppler navigation system |
NRCS | normalized radar cross section |
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Nekrasov, A.; Khachaturian, A.; Gamcová, M.; Kurdel, P.; Obukhovets, V.; Veremyev, V.; Bogachev, M. Sea Wind Measurement by Doppler Navigation System with X-Configured Beams in Rectilinear Flight. Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 887. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090887
Nekrasov A, Khachaturian A, Gamcová M, Kurdel P, Obukhovets V, Veremyev V, Bogachev M. Sea Wind Measurement by Doppler Navigation System with X-Configured Beams in Rectilinear Flight. Remote Sensing. 2017; 9(9):887. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090887
Chicago/Turabian StyleNekrasov, Alexey, Alena Khachaturian, Mária Gamcová, Pavol Kurdel, Viktor Obukhovets, Vladimir Veremyev, and Mikhail Bogachev. 2017. "Sea Wind Measurement by Doppler Navigation System with X-Configured Beams in Rectilinear Flight" Remote Sensing 9, no. 9: 887. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090887