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- Nick Faust
- GTRI/EOSL
- 404-894-0021
- Nick.faust@gtri.gatech.edu
- Source from Nick Short:
- http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect8/Sect8_1.html
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- Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR)
- Microwave and Millimeter Wavelengths
- Active System
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- Fixed site
- Air Traffic, Naval, weather, etc
- Airborne Imaging
- Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR)
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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- Response is due to:
- Surface roughness
- Dielectric constant
- Angle of incidence
- Polarization
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- Ka Band: Frequncy 40,000-26,000 MHz; Wavelength (0.8-1.1 cm)
- K Band: 26,500-18,500 MHz; (1.1-1.7 cm)
- X Band: 12,500-8,000 MHz; (2.4-3.8 cm)
- C Band: 8,000-4,000 MHz; (3.8-7.5 cm)
- L Band: 2,000-1,000 MHz; (15.0-30.0 cm)
- P Band: 1,000- 300 MHz; (30.0-100.0 cm)
- Source GSFC-Nick Short
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- Day or Night Capability
- Can See Through Clouds
- Military and Civilian Applications
- High Resolution Imaging
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- Requires more On-Board Power (Active)
- Coherent system – Intensity Speckle
- Geometric Distortions
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