RADARSAT antenna elevation gain pattern determination

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 286-291

  Lukowski, Tom I ^a   Hawkins, Robert K ^a   Murnaghan, Kevin P ^b   Srivastava, Satish K ^c  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b Intermap Technologies   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); RADIOMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRANSPONDERS;

ANTENNA ELEVATION GAIN PATTERN; RADAR BRIGHTNESS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032153931     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1998.10855249     Document Type: Article

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