A Low-Power High-Sensitivity X-Band Rail SAR Imaging System

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 108-115

  Coleman, Chris ^b   Kempel, Leo C ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Integrity Applications   (United States)

Author keywords

chirp modulation; chirp radar; frequency modulation continuous wave; radar applications; radar cross sections; radar equipment; radar imaging; radar receivers; radar transmitters; rail synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008048387     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4563576     Document Type: Article

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