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Wide-swath space-borne SAR using a quad-element array

Callaghan 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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