Callaghan et al., 1999 - Google Patents
Wide-swath space-borne SAR using a quad-element arrayCallaghan et al., 1999
- Document ID
- 2546615529535143858
- Author
- Callaghan G
- Longstaff I
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- IEE Proceedings-Radar, Sonar and Navigation
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The authors describe an array-based approach to increasing the swath width of space- borne synthetic aperture radar beyond the limit normally imposed by ambiguity. The nulls of a quad-element rectangular array are used to suppress returns from range and azimuth …
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