A 94GHz dual-mode active/passive imager for remote sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5619, Issue , 2004, Pages 70-81

  Macfarlane, David G ^a   Robertson, Duncan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMCW; Imaging; Millimetre wave; Radar; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Terrain mapping; Volcano

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAPPING; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VOLCANOES;

FMCW; IMAGE ACQUISITION; SATELLITE RADAR; TERRAIN MAPPING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 17644366793     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.579719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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