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The U.S. Geological Survey side-looking airborne radar database: an aid to the interpretation of space images

Allan N. Kover·James W. Schoonmaker
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a database of side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) images of a significant part of the continental United States. These images provide a regional view of terrains and should be an aid to better understanding image data of satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other systems. The USGS has been systematically collecting SLAR since 1980, initially in analog form, then in both analog and digital format since 1984.

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Allan N. Kover, James W. Schoonmaker. 1993. The U.S. Geological Survey side-looking airborne radar database: an aid to the interpretation of space images. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70113716

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