Antenna beamwidth and antenna pointing-induced errors in topographic monitoring from radar sattellite

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 312-316

  Partington, Altimeters K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITES; SEA ICE;

ANTENNA BEAMWIDTH; ANTENNA POINTING INDUCED ERRORS; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031699490     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.655341     Document Type: Article

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