The Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission radar: A novel conically scanning SAR

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Spencer, Michael ^a   Chan, Samuel ^a   Veilleux, Louise ^a   Wheeler, Kevin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

L Band; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

FARADAY ROTATIONS; FREEZE/THAW; HIGH RESOLUTION; L-BAND; L-BAND FREQUENCIES; NASA MISSIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; SAR PROCESSING; SIDE-LOOKING; WIDE SWATH;

GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NASA; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; ROTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 69949096563     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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