Initial results using RISAT-1 C-band SAR data

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-501

  Chakraborty, Manab ^a   Panigrahy, Sushma ^a   Rajawat, A S ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Murthy, T V R ^a   Haldar, Dipanwita ^a   Chakraborty, Abhisek ^a   Kumar, Tanumi ^a   Rode, Sneha ^a   Kumar, Hrishikesh ^a   Mahapatra, Manik ^a   Kundu, Sanchayita ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Mangrove ecosystem; Ocean surface wind; Rice acreage; RISAT 1; Ship detection; Synthetic aperture radar; Wave spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874693214     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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