Abstract
The EM spectrum range 1 mm to 1.0 m is designated as microwave. In the context of terrestrial remote sensing, this spectral region is marked by an excellent atmospheric window. Radar sensors operate in this wavelength range. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) are endowed with advanced processing algorithms and constitute the modern radar sensors having high resolution. Selected spaceborne SAR sensors include: Seasat, Shuttle Imaging Radar series, JERS, ALOS, ERS, Radarsat, SRTM, Envisat etc. The modern concept is to deploy a constellation of similar satellites in the same orbit for high-repetitive terrestrial observations.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Craib KB (1972) Synthetic aperture SLAR systems and their application for regional resources analysis Conf Earth resources observation and information analysis system in remote sensing of earth resources. Space Inst, Univ Tennessee, Tullahoma, pp 152–178
De Azevedo LHA (1971) Radar in the Amazon project Radam. Proc 7th Int Symp Remote Sensing of Environ, Ann Arbor, MI, pp 2303–2306
MacDonald HC (1969) Geologic evaluation of radar imagery from Darien Provinee, Pa-nama. Mod Geol 1:1–63
Moreira A, Prats-Iraola P, Younis M, Krieger G, Hajnsek I, Papathanassiou KP (2013) A tutorial on synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Geosc Remote Sens Magazine 1–43. doi 10.1109/MGRS.2013.2248301
O’Leary DW, Johnson GR, England AW (1983) Fracutre detection by airborne microwave radiometery in parts of the Mississippi embayments, Missouri and Tennessee. Remote Sens Environ 13:509–523
Reigber A et al (2013) Very-high-resolution airborne synthetic aperture radar imaging: signal processing and applications. Proc IEEE 101(3):759–783
Schmugge T (1980) Techniques and applications of microwave radiometry. In: Siegel BS, Gillespie AR (eds) Remote sensing in geology. Wiley, New York, pp 337–361
Ulaby FT, Moore RK, Fung AK (1981) Microwave remote sensing—active and passive, vol I. Microwave Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Radiometry, Addison-Wesley, Reading
Ulaby FT, Moore RK, Fung AK (1982) Microwave remote sensing—active and passive, vol II. Radar Remote Sensing ans Surface Scattering and Emission Theory, Addison-Wesley, Reading
Ulaby FT, Moore RK, Fung AK (1986) Microwave remote sensing—active and passive, vol III, from Theory to Applications. Artech House, Delham Mass
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Gupta, R.P. (2018). Microwave Sensors. In: Remote Sensing Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55876-8_15
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55876-8_15
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-55874-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-55876-8
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)