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Section sizes

Section size for Synthetic-aperture radar (67 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,949	2,949
Motivation and applications	3,239	3,239
Basic principle	3,780	3,780
Algorithm	977	977
Existing spectral estimation approaches	770	19,718
Non-parametric methods	32	8,991
FFT	1,882	3,057
Advantages	1,004	1,004
Disadvantages	171	171
Capon method	2,622	3,430
Advantages	510	510
Disadvantages	298	298
APES method	1,627	2,472
Advantages	695	695
Disadvantages	150	150
SAMV method	619	974
Advantages	218	218
Disadvantages	137	137
Parametric subspace decomposition methods	51	3,158
Eigenvector method	1,334	1,495
Advantages	84	84
Disadvantages	77	77
MUSIC method	1,129	1,612
Advantages	389	389
Disadvantages	94	94
Backprojection algorithm	785	4,132
Advantages	1,075	1,075
Disadvantages	212	212
Application: geosynchronous orbit synthetic-aperture radar (GEO-SAR)	2,060	2,060
Comparison between the algorithms	1,693	1,693
Multistatic operation	1,547	1,547
Scanning modes	22	3,243
Stripmap mode airborne SAR	770	770
Spotlight mode SAR	1,267	1,267
Scan mode SAR	1,184	1,184
Special techniques	24	20,228
Polarimetry	1,400	7,647
SAR polarimetry	1,540	1,540
Three-component scattering power model	1,290	1,290
Four-component scattering power model	3,417	3,417
Interferometry	3,402	6,865
Differential interferometry	2,228	2,228
Tomo-SAR	1,235	1,235
Ultra-wideband SAR	3,251	3,251
Doppler-beam sharpening	1,416	1,416
Chirped (pulse-compressed) radars	1,025	1,025
Typical operation	139	9,713
Data collection	431	5,925
Image resolution and bandwidth	1,332	1,332
Image resolution and beamwidth	2,112	2,112
Pulse transmission and reception	2,050	2,050
Data processing	453	3,649
Amplitude data	374	374
Phase data	256	256
Coherence speckle	688	688
Optical holography	1,878	1,878
Image appearance	382	6,492
Range, cross-range, and angles	1,298	1,298
Visibility	2,159	2,159
Mirroring artefacts and shadows	1,015	1,015
Objects in motion	1,638	1,638
History	63	63
Relationship to phased arrays	3,879	3,879
See also	807	807
References	30	30
Bibliography	1,130	1,130
External links	871	871
Total	78,666	78,666

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