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SIDE LOOKING AIRBORNE RADAR [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

A ground mapping radar used aboard aircraft involving the use of a fixed antenna beam pointing out the side of an aircraft either abeam or squinted with respect to the aircraft [or spacecraft] axis.

OBS

The beam is usually a vertically oriented fan beam having a narrow azimuth width.

OBS

side-looking airborne radar; side-looking radar; side-looking antenna radar; SLAR: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • side looking airborne radar
  • sidelooking airborne radar
  • side looking radar
  • sidelooking antenna radar
  • side looking antenna radar
  • side ways looking radar
  • side scan radar
  • side-looking air-borne radar
  • side looking air-borne radar
  • sidelooking air-borne radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Radar imageur qui explore en vol un couloir décalé latéralement par rapport à la trace du vecteur.

OBS

radar aéroporté à antenne latérale; radar à visée latérale; radar à balayage latéral; RAAL : termes et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI) et par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
OBS

radar de visión lateral; radar de a bordo de visión lateral: términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 2006-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Defence
  • Aerial-Photography Prospecting
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An airborne radar, viewing at right angles to the axis of the vehicle, which produces a presentation of terrain or moving targets.

OBS

side-looking airborne radar: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

side-looking airborne radar; SLAR: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence.

OBS

Reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", with the authorization of Unesco.

Key term(s)
  • side looking airborne radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Défense aérienne
  • Prospection par photographie aérienne
  • Télédétection
DEF

Radar aéroporté dont le champ d'émission est perpendiculaire à l'axe du véhicule, ce qui lui permet de fournir une représentation du terrain ou d'objectifs en mouvement.

OBS

radar aéroporté à antenne latérale; SLAR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale.

OBS

radar aéroporté à antenne latérale : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

Reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco», avec l'autorisation de l'Unesco.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Defensa aérea
  • Prospección con ayuda de fotografía aérea
  • Teledetección
OBS

Reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", con la autorización de Unesco.

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