Earth observation using radar data: An overview of applications and challenges

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-195

  Palmann, C ^a   Mavromatis, S ^a   Hernandez, M ^b   Sequeira, J ^a   Brisco, B ^c  

^a LSIS Laboratory Equipe I M   (France)

^b UNESCO   (France)

^c CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applications; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350497823     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538940802038317     Document Type: Review

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