Sidelooking radar

From Glossary of Meteorology



sidelooking radar[edit | edit source]

An airborne radar used for high-resolution ground mapping that employs a fixed antenna beam pointing out of the side of the aircraft.

Narrow azimuth resolution is obtained with a long aperture mounted along the side of the aircraft or by use of synthetic aperture radar processing.


  1. A collimated source of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., a laser beam).
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