Operational performance of the ALOS global systematic acquisition strategy and observation plans for ALOS-2 PALSAR-2

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-12

  Rosenqvist, A ^a   Shimada, M ^b   Suzuki, S ^b   Ohgushi, F ^b   Tadono, T ^b   Watanabe, M ^b   Tsuzuku, K ^c   Watanabe, T ^c   Kamijo, S ^c   Aoki, E ^c  

^a SoloEO Japan   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RESTEC   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALOS; ALOS 2; BOS; EO mission planning; L band SAR; PALSAR; PALSAR 2; Systematic acquisition strategy

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; ALOS; ALOS-2; BOS; L-BAND SAR; MISSION PLANNING; PALSAR; PALSAR-2;

ALOS; CALIBRATION; CLOUD; DATA ACQUISITION; EOS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZE; PALSAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84909647549     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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