Modified range-doppler processing for FM-CW synthetic aperture radar

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-87

  De Wit, J J M ^b   Meta, A ^a   Hoogeboom, P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frequency modulated continuous wave (FM CW) radar; Radar Earth observation; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; RECEPTION QUALITY; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AIRBORNE IMAGING RADAR; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS-WAVE (FM-CW) RADAR; RADAR EARTH OBSERVATION; RANGE MIGRATION COMPENSATION;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

EID: 31144441188     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.856700     Document Type: Article

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