SLAR = USGS Side Looking Airborne Radar Mosaics: 1981 - 1990
'The Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) is an image-producing system that derives its name from the fact that the radar beam is transmitted from the side of the aircraft during data acquisition SLAR is an active sensor; the system provides its own source of illumination in the form of microwave energy. Consequently, …