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Original Articles

Evaluating the performance of the space‐borne SAR sensor systems for oil spill detection and sea monitoring over the south‐eastern Mediterranean Sea

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Pages 4029-4044 | Received 04 Jun 2004, Accepted 03 Feb 2005, Published online: 22 Feb 2007

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