On the use of distributed targets for the calibration imagery from the European SAR-580 campaign

In 1981 ESA (European Space Agency) organized a large measurement campaign in Europe to stimulate the interest in radar, especially SAR. The Canadian SAR 580 system visited testsites during a 1 month period. Imagery was acquired in X, C and L band. Since several experiments called for calibrated measurement values, a calibration program was...