Theoretical evaluation of several possible along-track InSAR modes of TerraSAR-X for ocean current measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-35

  Romeiser, Roland ^a,b   Runge, Hartmut ^c  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Along track interferometry (ATI); Current measurements; Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR); TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

ALONG TRACK INTERFEROMETRY (ATI); CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (INSAR); TERRASAR-X;

BANDWIDTH; INTERFEROMETRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

INVERSE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33846186738     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.885405     Document Type: Article

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