Comparison of absolute radiometric transponder calibration strategies

Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR

Volumn Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR, Issue , 2014, Pages 382-385

  Raab, Sebastian ^a   Döring, Björn J ^a   Jirousek, Matthias ^a   Reimann, Jens ^a   Rudolf, Daniel ^a   Schwerdt, Marco ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRANSPONDERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION METHOD; EARTH OBSERVATION DATA; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHODS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 84991624894     PISSN: 21974403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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