First TerraSAR-X TOPS mode antenna pattern measurements using ground receivers

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Castellanos Alfonzo, Gabriel ^a   Schwerdt, Marco ^a   Wollstadt, Steffen ^a   Bachmann, Markus ^a   Döring, Björn ^a   Geudtner, Dirk ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CHARACTERIZATIONS; ANTENNA PATTERN MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODES; FLIGHT DIRECTION; GROUND RECEIVERS; MODE OPERATION; RADIOMETRIC IMAGES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); RADAR ANTENNAS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTENNA GROUNDS;

EID: 84880882953     PISSN: 16875869     EISSN: 16875877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/635069     Document Type: Article

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