Dynamic monitoring of bridges using a high-speed coherent radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3284-3288

  Pieraccini, Massimiliano ^a   Fratini, Matteo ^a   Parrini, Filippo ^a   Atzeni, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic monitoring; Interferometry; Radar; Remote sensing; Structural test

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY HOPPING; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; VEHICLES;

DYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH SPEED COHERENT RADAR; STRUCTURAL TESTS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 33750844470     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.879112     Document Type: Article

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