APERTURE SYNTHESIS CONCEPTS IN MICROWAVE REMOTE-SENSING OF THE EARTH

被引:37
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作者
SWIFT, CT
LEVINE, DM
RUF, CS
机构
[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,MICROWAVE SENSORS BRANCH,GREENBELT,MD 20771
[2] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,MICROWAVE OBSERVAT SYST SECT,TECH STAFF,PASADENA,CA 91109
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
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D O I
10.1109/22.106530
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Aperture synthesis concepts have been used for many years in radio astronomy to achieve high image resolution at a reasonable cost. The time has come for earth remote sensing technology to consider some of these techniques to meet the cost challenges of large antennas in space for these and other applications. The electronically scanned thinned array radiometer is put forward as a viable alternative to improve spatial resolution by an order of magnitude over what is presently achieved by microwave imaging systems that are collecting data from earth orbit.
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页码:1931 / 1935
页数:5
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