Microwave and millimeter wave imaging of the space shuttle external fuel tank Spray on Foam Insulation (SOFI) using Synthetic Aperture Focusing Techniques (SAFT)

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 820 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1546-1553

  Case, J T ^a   Robbins, J ^a   Kharkovsky, S ^a   Hepburn, F ^b   Zoughi, R ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave holography; SAFT; SOFI

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845436888     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2184706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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