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Spotlight SAR Technology

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Spotlight model is a specialties operating model of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). It is an effective means of achieving high azimuth resolution.

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Yang, R. et al. (2018). Spotlight SAR Technology. In: High-Resolution Microwave Imaging. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7138-6_7

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