Calibration of spaceborne linearly polarized low frequency SAR using polarimetric selective radar calibrators

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 114, Issue , 2011, Pages 89-111

  Chen, J ^a   Quegan, S ^b   Yin, X J ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CROSSTALK; IONOSPHERE; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACTIVE RADAR CALIBRATORS; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; CALIBRATION SCHEMES; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; LINEARLY POLARIZED; POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

EID: 79953056003     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11011809     Document Type: Article

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