Remote sensing of subsuperficial objects by radiophysical methods and facilities

1Gavrilenko, AS, 1Efimov, VB, 2Klochko, GI, 1Kurekin, AS, 1Matveev, AYa., 1Tsymbal, VN, 3Yatsevich, SE
1A.I. Kalmykov Center for Radio Physical Sensing, NAS of Ukraine and National Space Agency of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2A.I.Kalmykov Center for Radio Physical Sensing, NAS of Ukraine and National Space Agency of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
3O.Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2009, 15 ;(4):22-32
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2009.04.022
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
The possibility to determinate the manifestation of subsurface objects and their parameters using multichannel radar sensing, in particular, multifrequency and polarization methods, is shown theoretically and experimentally. Multichannel radar images obtained aboard of an airplane-laboratory and their thematic interpretation are presented.
Keywords: multichannel radar images, multifrequency and polarization methods, remote sensing
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