TerraSAR-X antenna calibration and monitoring based on a precise antenna model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 690-701

  Bachmann, Markus ^a   Schwerdt, Marco ^a   Bräutigam, Benjamin ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active antenna calibration; Antenna modeling; TerraSAR X calibration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ANTENNA BEAMS; ANTENNA CALIBRATION; ANTENNA MODEL; ANTENNA MODELING; ANTENNA PATTERN; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HIGH STABILITY; IN-ORBIT VERIFICATION; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; LONG TERM MONITORING; PATTERN CORRECTION; SAR IMAGES; SAR PROCESSING; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; TERRASAR-X; TERRASAR-X CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RADAR ANTENNAS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 76349100054     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2033934     Document Type: Article

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