Overview of the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) missions

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Remote sensingSynthetic aperture radarInterferometric synthetic aperture radarGeologyShuttle Radar Topography MissionRadarRadar imagingSpace-based radarTerrainPolarimetryDigital elevation modelBistatic radarScatteringGeographyComputer sciencePhysicsOpticsTelecommunications

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory US

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 59
Issue: 2
Pages: 135-140
Citations: 44
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                                    Diane L. Evans, 
                                
                                    J. J. Plaut, 
                                
                                    E. R. Stofan
                                
                            (1997). 
                            Overview of the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) missions. 
                            Remote Sensing of Environment
                            , 59
                            (2)
                            , 135-140.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0034-4257(96)00152-6

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DOI: 10.1016/s0034-4257(96)00152-6