TY  - BOOK
AU  - Studies,Committee on Earth
AU  - Board,Space Studies
AU  - Council,National Research
TI  - Development and Application of Small Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radars
SN  - 9780309582650
AV  - TK6592.S95 -- D48 1998eb 
U1  - 621.3848 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Washington
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Synthetic aperture radar
KW  - Remote sensing -- Equipment and supplies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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 Scan-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
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