Spaceborne Imaging Radar: Geologic and Oceanographic Applications

@article{Elachi1980SpaceborneIR,
  title={Spaceborne Imaging Radar: Geologic and Oceanographic Applications},
  author={Charles Elachi},
  journal={Science},
  year={1980},
  volume={209},
  pages={1073 - 1082}
}
  • C. Elachi
  • Published 5 September 1980
  • Geology, Environmental Science, Mathematics
  • Science
Synoptic, large-area radar images of the earth's land and ocean surface, obtained from the Seasat orbiting spacecraft, show the potential for geologic mapping and for monitoring of ocean surface patterns. Structural and topographic features such as lineaments, anticlines, folds and domes, drainage patterns, stratification, and roughness units can be mapped. Ocean surface waves, internal waves, current boundaries, and large-scale eddies have been observed in numerous images taken by the Seasat… 
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