Geometric calibration and accuracy verification of the GF-3 satellite

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Zhao, Ruishan ^a,b   Zhang, Guo ^b   Deng, Mingjun ^b   Xu, Kai ^b   Guo, Fengcheng ^b  

^a LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation delay correction; Geometric positioning accuracy; GF 3 satellite; Ground control points; SAR

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERRORS; GEOMETRY; ORBITS; RADAR IMAGING; RANDOM ERRORS; ROCK MECHANICS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY EVALUATION; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; GEOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; IMAGING SATELLITES; MULTI-POLARIZATION; POSITIONING ACCURACY; SATELLITE SYSTEM;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; RANDOM ERROR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 85028726728     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17091977     Document Type: Article

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