In-situ characterization of international low-frequency aperture arrays by means of an UAV-based system

2017 Publication Year

2020-12-23T12:48:19Z Acceptance in OA@INAF

In-situ characterization of international low-frequency aperture arrays by means of an UAV-based system

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BOLLI, Pietro; Wijnholds, Stefan J.; de Lera Acedo, Eloy; Lingua, Andrea; MONARI, JADER; et al.

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10.23919/URSIGASS.2017.8105020 DOI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29157 Handle

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