This book is built on radar imaging activities conducted at the Centre National d’Etudes
Spatiales (CNES), Centre de Toulouse, between 1986 and 2007. We gratefully acknowledge
for their support two former directors of CNES, Michel Courtois for having
encouraged us to undertake the writing of a comprehensive book on SAR imaging, and
Pierre Moskwa for his support during the last steps of this project.
SAR images, whether airborne or spaceborne, are the core of this book. We thank
the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the Deutsche
Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), the European Space Agency (ESA), the
Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), the Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), theNPOMashinostroyeniye company
the Office National des Etudes Aérospatiales (ONERA), for allowing us to use some
of their results. We also wish to acknowledge the efforts of several colleagues and
friends who supported this work in a variety of ways.