A brief overview of the advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) and its potential for marine applications

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 565, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Rosenqvist, Ake ^a   Ichitsubo, Daisuke ^a   Osawa, Yuji ^a   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Ito, Norimasa ^a   Hamazaki, Takashi ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA RECORDING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; ORBITS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES (ALOS); ALTITUDE DETERMINATIONS; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA); POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (PALSAR);

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 18644375699     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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