Geometric precision in space radar imaging: Results from TerraSAR-X

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference 2009, ASPRS 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 10-17

  Ager, Thomas P ^a   Bresnahan, Paul C ^b  

^a National Geospatial Intelligence Agency   (United States)

^b Observera Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; GEOMETRIC PRECISION; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; GROUND RESOLUTION; IMAGING RADAR; RADAR IMAGE; RADAR SATELLITES; STATE VECTOR; TERRASAR-X; VELOCITY VECTORS;

GEOMETRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MECHANICS; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84868546879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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