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- Increased availability of data for flood mapping provided by left- and right-looking options
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- Greatest difference between flooded and non-flooded vegetation. This contrast increases with decreasing incidence angle
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- Facilitates more accurate mapping of the geomorphology of landslides and related slope characteristics, including lithology and faults
- Improved potential for the mapping of volcanic areas
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- Additional scheduling opportunities possible with left- or right-looking geometry
- Increased scheduling accuracy as a result of reduced ordering lead times supports storm tracking and hurricane landfall predictions
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- ScanSAR modes provide optimal imaging for hurricanes
- Co and Cross-pol ratios may provide mechanisms to estimate rain rate, offering important additional quantitative information on hurricane state and evolution
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- Availability of left- or right- looking imaging reduces the time lag between occurrence of an oil spill and the first image acquisition opportunity
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- Provides better contrast than either HH or HV
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- Enhanced potential for tracking an identified oil slick and for more exact aerial/extent measurements
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