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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 804690, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/804690
Research Article

Empirical Doppler Characterization of Signals Scattered by Wind Turbines in the UHF Band under Near Field Condition

Itziar Angulo,1 Jon Montalbán,1 Josune Cañizo,1 Yiyan Wu,2 David de la Vega,1 David Guerra,1 Pablo Angueira,1 and Amaia Arrinda1

1Department of Communications Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
2Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, K2H 8S2, Canada

Received 29 October 2012; Accepted 21 January 2013

Academic Editor: Lars Norin

Copyright © 2013 Itziar Angulo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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