Notice how the radar image shows a great amount of surface detail, despite night acquisition. Note, for example: the relief of the terminal moraine on Long Island's North Shore; the surface waves on the Atlantic Ocean; and the flat network of highways around the City.
What is radar?
SLAR (Side-looking airborne radar) Systems Operations
Real Aperture, versus Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Operations
Transmission and Return Characteristics of Radar Signals
"Fancy" Radar Techniques (Interferometry and Multipolarization)
A Review of Radar Imaging Instruments and Projects
Bibliography
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