Sun effects in 2-D aperture synthesis radiometry imaging and their cancelation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1161-1168

  Camps, Adriano ^a   Vall Llossera, Mercé ^a   Duffo, Nüria ^a   Zapata, M ^a   Corbella, Ignasi ^a   Torres, Francesc ^a   Barrena, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b GMV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Imaging; Interferometry; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOISTURE; RADIOMETRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

EARTH REPLICAS; FOURIER SYNTHESIS; FRINGE WASHING EFFECTS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS);

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 3042513341     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.826561     Document Type: Review

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