THE APPLICATION OF AIRBORNE IMAGING RADARS (L- AND X-BAND) TO EARTH RESOURCES PROBLEMS

摘要

The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) has recently devel¬oped a multiplexed synthetic aperture Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAK) that si¬multaneously images the terrain with X-band (3.2 cm) and L-band (23.0 cm) radar wavelengths. In Brevard County, Florida, ERIM has begun an experimental program directed toward determining the feasibility of using multiplexed SLAR to obtain use¬ful information for the following earth resources purposes:(1) Direct or indirect detection of pools of water under standing vegetation, and specifically under canopies of dense vegetation. (2) Urban and rural land-use planning. (3) Water resources management. (4) Determination of drainage patterns