Definition of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)

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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)

The term 'Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' A NASA Space Shuttle mission that used C-band and X-band interferometric synthetic aperture radars (IFSARs) to acquire topographic data over 80% of Earth's land mass (between 60degN and 56degS) between February 11-22, 2000. SRTM web site'.

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