SAR image quality and calibration operations for the RADARSAT satellites at the Canadian Space Agency

2009 International Radar Conference "Surveillance for a Safer World", RADAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cote, S ^a   Muir, S ^a   Srivastava, S K ^a   Hawkins, R K ^b  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Quality; RADARSAT; Radiometry; SAR

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION QUALITY; CALIBRATION SYSTEM; CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY; IN-ORBIT; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; QUALITY; RADARSAT; RADARSAT 1; RADARSAT-2; SAR IMAGES;

IMAGE QUALITY; MONITORING; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 77952650047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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