Polarimetric calibration strategy for long-duration imaging with a ground-based SAR

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Morrison, K ^a,b   Cookmartin, G ^b   Bennett, J C ^b   Quegan, S ^b   Race, A ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOILS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

DIURNAL MONITORING; GROUND-BASED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (GB-SAR); IMAGING PROCESS; POLARIMETRIC CALIBRATION;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 19544380254     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m04-053     Document Type: Article

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