shuttle radar*

Question 1

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Answer 1

international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56°S to 60°N, to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth

Question 2

dry sand and radar waves

Answer 2

dry sand has a low dielectric constant, radar waves penetrate these particles several metres

Question 3

why 3 bands

Answer 3

the longer the wave length the more sand get penetrated

can generate a false colour images

Question 4

shuttle radar 3 bands meaning on false colour images

Answer 4

blue deep
black really deep
white shallow

Question 5

shuttle radar 3 bands

Answer 5

L-band (23.5cm
C-band (5.8cm
X-band (3.1cm