Semyon Tsynkov, NC State, Imaging With Synthetic Aperture Radar
ZoomSynthetic aperture radars (SAR) use microwaves to obtain images of the Earth's surface from airplanes or satellites. SAR images can be taken during nighttime and prove insensitive to the clouds or dust in the atmosphere. Therefore, SAR complements the aerial or spaceborne photography, even though there are fundamental differences between the two technologies. For example,…