• DocumentCode
    1430202
  • Title

    Development of the synthetic aperture microwave radiometer, ESTAR

  • Author

    Le Vine, D.M. ; Swift, C.T. ; Haken, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Microwave Sensors Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    199
  • Lastpage
    202
  • Abstract
    Ten years ago, the synthetic aperture radiometer (ESTAR) published its first image. Since then, ESTAR has successfully demonstrated the potential of aperture synthesis for microwave remote sensing. This paper summarizes the status of the instrument and presents a modern image for comparison with the “initial results” published ten years ago
  • Keywords
    geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; terrain mapping; ESTAR; aperture synthesis; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; instrument; land surface; microwave radiometry; microwave remote sensing; ocean; remote sensing; sea surface; synthetic aperture radiometer; synthetic aperture radiometry; terrain mapping; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Dipole antennas; Extraterrestrial measurements; Linear antenna arrays; Microwave antennas; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Signal synthesis; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0196-2892
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/36.898685
  • Filename
    898685