ESTAR: A Synthetic Aperture Microwave Radiometer for Remote Sensing Applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1787-1801

  Le Vine, David M ^a   Griffis, Andrew J ^b   Swift, Calvin T ^b   Jackson, Thomas J ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0028741664     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.338071     Document Type: Article

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