Title :
Stepped chirp phase errors in spaceborne altimeters
Author :
Bucciarelli, T. ; Fedele, G.
Author_Institution :
Roma Univ., Italy
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910030
