Foreword Chen Shupeng Preface Guo Huadong PART Ⅰ ERS-1:Follow That! Rob Schumann RADARSAT Update:Applications,Products and Market Development Initiatives Greg Elms,Pierre Engel,Stephane Rossignol,George McTaggart Radar Remote Sensing for Natural Resources Investigation and Environment Research in China Guo Huadong Applications of Radar Data in Agriculture and Landuse Management in Thailand Suvit Vibulsresth,Darasri Dowreang,Ramphing Simking Results of Radar Research and Application Programmes in India R.C.Garg Applications of Radar Technology:the Philippine Experience Jose G.Solis Tools Development for Natural Resources Management Using ERS-1 SAR:with Emphasis on Flood Monitoring Abudul Mannan Sardar Microwave Applications to Environmental Monitoring R.J.Brown,M.J.Manore EC-ASEAN Regional Radar Remote Sensing,ERS-1 Project Rob Schumann PART Ⅱ Primary Study on Chinese Space-borne SAR System Zhu Minhui,Wei Zhongquan,Guo Huadong Implementation of Advanced SAR Technologies for Future GlobeSAR Program W.C.Bayer,G.J.Wessels,K.E.Mattar,L.D.Teany Facilities for Active Microwave Remote Sensing Study in China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation(CRIRP) Luo Xianyun The New DLR Real-Time Airborne SAR Processor Alberto Moreira,Rainer Spielbauer,B.S. Raman Super-PC Based SAR Processor Peng Hailiang,Zhu Minhui, Wu Yirong,Chong Jinsong,Zhao Qin,Hu Donghui,Feng Yang,Yu Wei The Active Radar Calibrator for Calibrating Airbome Radar Scatterometer on Land Huang Yan,LuXiaoqing,Bin Qiang Calibration of Operational SAR Systems G.E.Keyte,P.J.Bird,R. Golding Preliminary Results of Real-Time Imaging Processor for A irborne SAR ZhuXixing,Jing Lingjiao SAR Raw Data Signum-Coded Imaging System Xu Dongxiang,Yang Yaozeng Scat-processor of Scatterometer on Satellite with a Scan-Antenna Shi Zehua,Sun Bo An Approach of Moving Targets Imaging of Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Zhao Zhiqin,Huang Shunji An Extended Chirp Scaling Algorithm Used for Airborne SAR with High Squint Angle Huang Yonghong,Mao Shiyi,A.Moreira A SAR Correlation Algorithm Based on Chirp Scaling Hu Donghui,Wu Yirong,Peng Hailiang A Numerical Study on Retrieval Algorithms for Wind Scatterometer Hong Ying,Sun Ying The Coded Transmitting Pulses and Range Ambiguity Reduction of Spaceborne SAR Zhang Zhimin,Wang Zhensong The Doppler Properties ofthe Elliptical Orbiting Radar Wang Zhensong,Wang Zhiqin,Xu Jiang JERS-1 SAR Image Processing and Topographic Information Extraction Guo Huadong,Yang Chengyun,Chen Bingxian,Jiang Jingtong A Dual-Level Subimage Matching for SAR/TM Registration Li Chuanrong,Shao Beien,Li An,Wang Wen PART Ⅲ Active Microwave Remote Sensing of Snow Cover Shi Jiancheng The GlobeSAR Data for Vegetation Discrimination Shao Yun,Guo Huadong Imaging of the Ocean by ERS-1 SAR Werner Alpers Forest Ecological Studies and Radar Backscatter Modeling Sun Guoqing,K.Jon Ranson Natural Resources Survey Using GlobeSAR Data in Zhaoqing Region Wang Chao,Guo Huadong Characterization of Coasts with Side-Looking Radar:Louisiana Examples Anthony J.Lewis,De Witt H.Braud Jr. Sensitivity of Radar Backscatter to Soil Texture:An Empirical and Physical Evaluation Tian Guoliang,Q.H.J.Gwyn Study on the Correlation Analysis Between Forest Parameters and SAR/TM Data Che Xuejian,Li Zengyuan,Bai Lina,Liu Min,Tan Bingxiang Tang Impact Structure Detected by Spaceborne SAR in Shandong Province of China Shao Yun,Guo Huadong,Liu Hao,Wei Xiuping,Shi Huosheng Coastal Ocean Studies with ERS-1 SAR Data Huang Weigen,Gao Manna,Zhou Changbao Comparison of Backscattering Characteristics of Typical Targets on Land C Band SAR Imagery Liu Hao,Guo Huadong,Shao Yun Sea Ice Detection in Liaodong Bay by Radar Altimeter and ATSR/M of ERS-1 and AVHRR of NOAA Liu Jianqiang,Huang Runheng,Sun Wenbo PART Ⅳ(ABSTRACTS) Microwave Remote Sensing Technology Development in China Lin Quan Preliminary Results from SIR-C/X-SAR Diane L.Evans Canada's Radarsat Program J.Mc Nally Telespazio Activities in the Development of SAR Data Applications M.Cantoni,P.Quarto,A.Fiumara Canada's GlobeSAR Program-An Overview F.H.A.Campbell Forest Structure from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery K.Jon Ranson,Sun Guoqing An Approach for Processing in Squint Mode Airborne SAR Dai Shengli,Huang Shunji An Efficient Focusing Method for the SAR-Wave Migration Technique Yang Canmei,Qian Guohui Application of Radar Target Decomposition Theorem to Microwave Remote Sensing of Forests Wang Yong,Frank W.Davis