A bistatic SAR for earth observation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4173, Issue January, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Moccia, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bistatic radar; Mission analysis; SAR performance; Spaceborne remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; ORBITS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSENSORS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; RADAR ANTENNAS; TRANSCEIVERS;

BISTATIC RADARS; BISTATIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; MISSION ANALYSIS; MULTI-ANGLE OBSERVATIONS; SAR PERFORMANCE; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BISTATIC RADAR;

EID: 0034467809     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.410642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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