shuttle radar* Flashcards
1
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The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56°S to 60°N, to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth
2
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dry sand and radar waves
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dry sand has a low dielectric constant, radar waves penetrate these particles several metres
3
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why 3 bands
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the longer the wave length the more sand get penetrated
can generate a false colour images
4
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shuttle radar 3 bands meaning on false colour images
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blue deep
black really deep
white shallow
5
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shuttle radar 3 bands
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L-band (23.5cm
C-band (5.8cm
X-band (3.1cm
