A new unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar for environmental monitoring

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-268

  Koo, V C ^a   Chan, Y K ^a   Gobi, V ^a   Chua, M Y ^a   Lim, C H ^a   Lim, C S ^a   Thum, C C ^a   Lim, T S ^a   Ahmad, Z ^b   Mahmood, K A ^b   Shahid, M H ^b   Ang, C Y ^a   Tan, W Q ^a   Tan, P N ^a   Yee, K S ^a   Cheaw, W G ^a   Boey, H S ^a   Choo, A L ^a   Sew, B C ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PALM OIL; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; OIL PALM PLANTATIONS; REALTIME IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; UNIQUE FEATURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 81755166528     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/pier11092604     Document Type: Article

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