A noise model for InSAR time series

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2752-2771

  Agram, P S ^a   Simons, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

InSAR; inteferometry; noise budget; radar; time series

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETER; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIME SERIES;

EID: 85027921739     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011271     Document Type: Article

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