Microwave imaging of the brightness temperature distribution of extended areas in the near and far field using two-dimensional aperture synthesis with high spatial resolution

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 781-801

  Peichl, Markus ^a   Suess, H ^a   Suess, M ^a,c   Kern, S ^a,b,d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d Bosch Telecom GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CORRELATORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL APERTURE SYNTHESIS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE IMAGING; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL APERTURE;

EID: 0032074677     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS02398     Document Type: Article

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