Development of the synthetic aperture radiometer ESTAR and the next generation

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1260-1263

  Le Vine, David M ^a   Haken, Michael ^a   Swift, Calvin T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture Synthesis; L band; Microwave; Passive; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

APERTURE SYNTHESIS; L-BAND; MECHANICAL SCANNING; PASSIVE;

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; BIOMASS; ICE; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOILS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 15944384969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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