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7 Geometry of radar image acquisition. The depression angle is complementary to the look angle; the incidence angle may be affected by planetary curvature. Local incidence angle may be affected by local topography (Ford et al., 1993)

7 Geometry of radar image acquisition. The depression angle is complementary to the look angle; the incidence angle may be affected by planetary curvature. Local incidence angle may be affected by local topography (Ford et al., 1993)

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