TerraSAR-X: Calibration concept of a multiple mode high resolution SAR

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 4874-4877

  Schwerdt, Marco ^a   Hounam, David ^a   Bräutigam, Benjamin ^a   Alvarez Pérez, José Luis ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR IMAGING;

CALIBRATION SEGMENT; MULTIPLE MODE HIGH RESOLUTION SAR; TERRASAR-X INSTRUMENTS; TIGHT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33745728160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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