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- Remote Compositional Analysis
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Remote Compositional Analysis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory of Remote Compositional Analysis Techniques and Laboratory Measurements
- 1 Electronic Spectra of Minerals in the Visible and Near-Infrared Regions
- 2 Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy of Geologic Materials in the Visible and Infrared Regions
- 3 Mid-infrared (Thermal) Emission and Reflectance Spectroscopy
- 4 Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy
- 5 Spectroscopy of Ices, Volatiles, and Organics in the Visible and Infrared Regions
- 6 Raman Spectroscopy
- 7 Mössbauer Spectroscopy
- 8 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
- 9 Neutron, Gamma-Ray, and X-Ray Spectroscopy
- 10 Radar Remote Sensing
- Part II Terrestrial Field and Airborne Applications
- Part III Analysis Methods
- Part IV Applications to Planetary Surfaces
- Index
- References
10 - Radar Remote Sensing
Theory and Applications
from Part I - Theory of Remote Compositional Analysis Techniques and Laboratory Measurements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2019
- Remote Compositional Analysis
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Remote Compositional Analysis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory of Remote Compositional Analysis Techniques and Laboratory Measurements
- 1 Electronic Spectra of Minerals in the Visible and Near-Infrared Regions
- 2 Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy of Geologic Materials in the Visible and Infrared Regions
- 3 Mid-infrared (Thermal) Emission and Reflectance Spectroscopy
- 4 Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy
- 5 Spectroscopy of Ices, Volatiles, and Organics in the Visible and Infrared Regions
- 6 Raman Spectroscopy
- 7 Mössbauer Spectroscopy
- 8 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
- 9 Neutron, Gamma-Ray, and X-Ray Spectroscopy
- 10 Radar Remote Sensing
- Part II Terrestrial Field and Airborne Applications
- Part III Analysis Methods
- Part IV Applications to Planetary Surfaces
- Index
- References
Summary
Imaging radars are all-weather instruments that can image planetary surfaces regardless of local atmospheric or solar illumination conditions. Radar images provide information about surfaces that are complementary to the chemistry usually inferred from visible and infrared images. Instead, radar images are strongly influenced by surface roughness and geomorphology, and to a lesser extent by the bulk electrical properties of the surface. This chapter describes the basic principles of high-resolution synthetic aperture radars (SARs), as well as advanced SAR implementations. Radar polarimetry provides information about surface roughness and electrical properties, while radar interferometry allows the measurement of surface topography and surface deformation following events such as earthquakes or volcanic inflation. Radar imagers have returned spectacular information about the surfaces of both Venus and Titan, bodies with dense, opaque atmospheres that are difficult to image using traditional camera systems. Examples of both planetary and Earth observations with SAR are discussed to illustrate the utility of these images.
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- Remote Compositional AnalysisTechniques for Understanding Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Planetary Surfaces, pp. 239 - 258Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019