Development and Application of Small Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radars.

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Boulder : National Academies Press, NetLibrary, Incorporated [distributor] Jan. 1998 ;
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Table of Contents:
  • ""DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SMALL SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR""; ""Background and Task""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""REQUEST FROM NASA""; ""THE SMALL SAR OPTION FOR NASA""; ""Objectives""; ""Relative Priorities""; ""2 SAR Issues ""; ""BACKGROUND AND HISTORY""; ""Interferometry""; ""Polarization""; ""TRADE-OFFS IN SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR""; ""Impacts of Various Parameters""; ""Wavelength""; ""Range Resolution""
  • ""Polarization""""Swath Width""; ""Azimuth Scanâ€?The Spotlight Mode""; ""Hardware Validation""; ""SMALL SAR MISSION ENHANCEMENTS""; ""Multifrequency Capabilities""; ""Temporal Decorrelation""; ""Data Fusion""; ""Multifrequency SAR Data Only""; ""Land-Cover Classification""; ""Biophysical Attributes""; ""Summary""; ""3 Validation Research ""; ""VEGETATED SURFACES (FORESTS, RANGELAND, AND AGRICULTURE)""; ""ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS""; ""OCEANOGRAPHY""; ""HYDROLOGY""; ""SOLID EARTH""; ""LAND USE""; ""4 Data Collection and Dissemination ""; ""5 Recommended Strategy ""; ""SIX-POINT STRATEGY""
  • ""CONCLUSION""""References""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations ""; ""Appendix B Letter Report of April 1995 ""