Applications review for a Space Program Imaging Radar (SPIR)
Abstract
The needs, applications, user support, research, and theoretical studies of imaging radar are reviewed. The applications of radar in water resources, minerals and petroleum exploration, vegetation resources, ocean radar imaging, and cartography are discussed. The advantages of space imaging radar are presented, and it is recommended that imaging radar be placed on the space shuttle.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976STIN...7718309S
- Keywords:
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- Imaging Techniques;
- Radar Imagery;
- Satellite-Borne Radar;
- Earth Resources;
- Exploration;
- Mapping;
- Oceanography;
- Water Resources;
- Communications and Radar