Analysis of multistatic configurations for spaceborne SAR interferometry

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 87-96

  Krieger, G ^a   Fiedler, H ^a   Mittermayer, J ^a   Papathanassiou, K ^a   Moreira, A ^a  

^a IHR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITES; THERMAL NOISE;

CROSS-TRACK INTERFEROGRAMS; GEOMETRIC DECORRELATION; MICROSATELLITES; PHASE ERRORS; SPACEBORNE RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0038639593     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20030441     Document Type: Article

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