Tutorial Review of Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) with Applications to Imaging of the Ocean Surface

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1978, Pages 563-583

  Tomiyasu, Kiyo ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

MAPS AND MAPPING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WATER WAVES;

RADAR;

EID: 0017971154     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1978.10961     Document Type: Article

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