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1.3 Further Reading

Further information on the ASAR instrument can be found in documentation available from ENVISAT http://envisat.esa.int/

Additional reference sources:

Ref 1.39
ASAR Science Advisory Group, Editor R.A.Harris, European Space Agency 1998, "ASAR Science and Applications", ESA SP-1225

Ref 1.40
C H Buck, J-L Suchail, R Torres and M Zink (ESA-ESTEC, NL). "ASAR Performance", ENVISAT Payload Division, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG.

Ref 1.41
R. Torres, C. H. Buck, J-L. Suchail, M. Zink (ESA-ESTEC, NL). "In-Orbit Calibration and Maintenance of the ENVISAT ASAR Antenna Beams", ENVISAT Programme, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG.

Ref 1.42
R. Torres, C. Buck, J. Guijarro and J-L. Suchail (ESA-ESTEC, NL). "ESA's Ground Breaking Synthetic Aperture Radar: The ENVISAT-1 ASAR Active Antenna". APS'99.

Ref 1.43
J-L. Suchail, C. Buck, J. Guijarro and R. Torres (ESA-ESTEC, NL). "The Development of ENVISAT-1 Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar". RADAR'99.

Ref 1.44
P. Mancini, J-L. Suchail, R. Torres, J. Guijarro and C. Buck (ESA-ESTEC, NL). "The ENVISAT-1 Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar. The Development Status". CEOS'98.

Ref 1.45
J. Guijarro, C. Buck, P. Mancini, J-L. Suchail and R. Torres (ESA-ESTEC, NL). "The Development of the ENVISAT-1 ASAR". IGARSS'96.

Ref 1.46
J-L. Suchail, C. Buck, A. Schnenberg, R. Torres, M. Zink, ESA/ESTEC. "The ASAR Instrument Verification: Results from the Pre-Flight Test Campaign". Proc. CEOS SAR Workshop April 2001, Tokyo, Japan.

Ref 1.47
H Jackson ESA/ESTEC, I. Sinclair, S. Tam. MPB Technologies Inc. "ENVISAT ASAR Precision Transponders". CEOS SAR Workshop 26-29 October 1999, ESA-SP450

Ref 1.48
R.K. Hawkins, et al. "RADARSAT Precision Transponders". Adv. Space Res. Vol. 19, No. 9, pp. 1455-1465, 1997.

Ref 1.49
C H Buck, J-L Suchail, R Torres and M Zink, "ASAR Performance", Proc. of CEOS SAR Workshop 2001, Tokyo, Japan, 2.-5. April 2001.

Ref 1.50
R. Torres, C. H. Buck, J-L. Suchail, M. Zink, "In-Orbit Calibration and Maintenance of the ENVISAT ASAR Antenna Beams", Proc. of CEOS SAR Workshop 2001, Tokyo, Japan, 2.-5. April 2001.

Ref 1.51
F.H. Wong, I.G. Cumming, "A Combined SAR Doppler Centroid Estimation Scheme Based Upon Signal Phase", IEEE Trans Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 34-3, May 1996

Ref 1.52
T.M. Lillesand, R.W. Kiefer, "Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation", 2nd ed, Wiley 1987

Ref 1.53
Alley, R. B., and J. M. Whillans, "Changes in the west Antarctic ice sheet", Science, 254, 959-963, 1991.

Ref 1.54
Blakenship, D.D., R. E. Bell, S. M. Hodge, J. M. Brozena, J. C. Behrendt, and C. A. Finn, "Active volcanism beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet and implications for ice-sheet stability", Nature, 361, 526-529, 1993

Ref 1.55
Bilham, R., "Earthquakes and sea level: space and terrestrial geodesy on a changing planet", Rev Geophys., 29, 1-29, 1991.

Ref 1.56
Bull, W. B., "Geomorphic respones to climatic change", Oxford University Press, 326 p, 1991.

Ref 1.57
Burke, K., and T. H. Dixon, "Topographic Science Working Group Report to the Land Processes Branch, Earth Science and Applications Division", NASA, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 64 p., 1988.

Ref 1.58
Dahlen, F. A., and T. D. Barr, "Brittle frictional mountain building 1. Deformation and mechanical energy budget", J. Geophys. Res., 94, 3906-3922, 1989.

Ref 1.59
Dixon, T. H., M. Bursik, S. Kornreich-Wolf, M. Heflin, F. Webb, F. Farina, and S. Robaudo, "Constraints on deformation of the resurgent dome, Long Valley caldera, California, from space geodesy, in Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics", D. Smith and D. Turcotte, eds., American Geophysical Union Geodynamics Series, 23, 193-215, 1993

Ref 1.60
Elachi, C., "Spaceborne imaging radar: geologic and oceanographic applications", Science, 209, 1073-1082, 1980

Ref 1.61
Francis, O., and P. Mazzega, "Global charts of ocean tides loading effects", J. Geophys. Res., 95, 11411-11424, 1990.

Ref 1.62
Hahn, C.J., S.G. Warren, J. London, R.L. Jenne, and R.M. Chervin, "Climatological data for clouds over the globe from surface observations", Report NDP-026, Carbon Dioxide Information Center, Oak Ridge TN, 57 p. (also available as CD-ROM), 1987.

Ref 1.63
Harding, D.J., J.L. Bufton, and J.J. Frawley, "Laser altimetry of terrestrial topography: vertical accuracy as a function of surface slope, roughness, and cloud cover", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens, in press, 1994a.

Ref 1.64
Harrison, C. G. A., "Rates of continental erosion and mountain building", Geol. Rundsch., 83, 431-447, 1994.

Ref 1.65
Herzfeld, U. C., "A method for seafloor classification using directional variograms, demon-strated for data from the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge", Math. Geology, 25, 901-924, 1993.

Ref 1.66
Herzfeld, U.C., I. I. Kim, J. A. Orcutt, and C. G. Fox, "Fractal geometry and seafloor topography: theoretical concepts versus data analysis for the Juan de Fuca Ridge and the East Pacific Rise", Ann. Geophysicae, 11, 532-541, 1993.

Ref 1.67
Meier, M. F., "Contribution of small glaciers to global sea level", Science, 226, 1418-1421, 1984.

Ref 1.68
Meier, M. F., "Role of land ice in present and future sea level change, Sea Level Change", National Academy Press, 171-184, 1990.

Ref 1.69
Milliman, J. D., and R. H. Meade, "World-wide delivery of river sediment to the oceans", J. Geol., 91, 1-21, 1983.

Ref 1.70
Mueller, I. I. and S. Zerbini (eds), "The interdisiplinary role of space geodesy", Erice, Sicily Workshop Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 22, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1989.

Ref 1.71
Balababa L., Schumann R., Adrianasolo H., & Tinsley R., 1997, "Identification of Rice Cropping Areas in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam) using Radar Imagery", ESA EOQ No. 56-57, December 1997.

Ref 1.72
Engen G. & Johnsen H., "SAR Ocean Wave Inversion using Image Cross Spectra", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, Vol. 33, No.4, pp.1047-1056.

Ref 1.73
ESA, 1995, "New Views of the Earth: Scientific Achievements of ERS-1", ESA SP-1176/I.

Ref 1.74
ESA, 1996, "New Views of the Earth: Applications Achievements of ERS-1", ESA SP-1176/II.

Ref 1.75
ESA, 1997a, "New Views of the Earth: Engineering Achievements of ERS-1", ESA SP-1176/III.

Ref 1.76
ESA, 1997b, "Fringe 96 Workshop ERS SAR Interferometry", ESA SP-406, Vol. I, March 1997 & Vol. II, December 1997.

Ref 1.77
ESA, 1998, "Envisat Mission: Opportunities for Science and Applications", ESA SP-1218.

Ref 1.78
Luckman A.J., Baker J.R., 1995, "The Effects of Topography on Radar Scattering Mechanisms from Coniferous Forest and Upland Pasture", MAC Europe 91 Final Results Workshop Proceedings, ESA WPP-88, January 1995.

Ref 1.79
Mastenbroek K., 1998, "High resolution wind fields from ERS SAR", ESA EOQ No. 59, June 1998


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