The evolution of synthetic aperture radar systems and their progression to the EOS SAR

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 962-985

  Way, JoBea ^a   Smith, Elizabeth Atwood ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR - SPACE APPLICATIONS; RADAR - SYNTHETIC APERTURE; RADAR IMAGING;

ALASKA SAR FACILITY; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; PLANETARY RADARS; SEASAT SAR; SPACEBORNE IMAGING RADARS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0026253654     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1109/36.101374     Document Type: Article

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