Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Observations with Clusters of Sar Satellites
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This paper provides an overview over the advantages and applications of clusters of SAR satellites. It describes the orbit mechanisms for stable configuration flights and how they have evolved from ERS Tandem to the Interferometric CartWheel. The applications, which are described in detail, are superresolution and polarimetric InSAR volume probing for biomass estimation.
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