Theoretical limits on SAR imposed by the ionosphere

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 435-448

  Belcher, D P ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AUTO FOCUSING; DEFOCUSING; SAR IMAGING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

EID: 51449108878     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn:20070188     Document Type: Article

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