{"id":3767,"date":"2026-02-19T12:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=3767"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:51:33","slug":"synthetic-aperture-radar","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/glossary\/synthetic-aperture-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthetic Aperture Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\"  title=\"Glossary: SAR\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;SAR&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Synthetic Aperture Radar. A high-resolution ground-mapping technique that effectively synthesizes a large receiving antenna by processing the phase of the reflected radar return.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/glossary\/sar\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>SAR<\/a>. A high-<a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: resolution\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;resolution&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Level of detail an image holds. It is typically measured by the size of pixels (area on the Earth surface covered by one pixel) in the image, often expressed as width &#xD7; height, and indicates how much detail can be captured or displayed. 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