Operational use of SAR at the Canadian ice service: Present operations and a look to the future

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 565, 2004, Pages 183-197

  Flett, Dean G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SENSORS; SERVERS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

CANADIAN ICE SERVICE (CIS); ICE SERVICE SPECIALISTS (ISS); METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA (MSC); OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 18644380049     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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