MIMO radar and ground-based SAR imaging systems: Equivalent approaches for remote sensing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 425-435

  Tarchi, Dario ^a   Oliveri, Franco ^a   Sammartino, Pier Francesco ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

MIMO antenna positions; MIMO radars; multiple input multiple output (MIMO); remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT APPROACH; GROUND-BASED SAR; GROUND-BASED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LANDSLIDE MONITORING; MIMO ANTENNA; MIMO TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) RADARS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; MIMO SYSTEMS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

MIMO RADAR;

ANTENNA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HARDWARE; LANDSLIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84871817057     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2199120     Document Type: Article

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