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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The image data set of Hobart was provided by the Indian Space 
Research Organisation (ISRO). The authors want to thank the 
image providers for supplying their data sets to make the 
analyses reported in this paper possible. Special thanks go to 
Mr. Zaffar Sadiq of Satellite Data Australia Pty Ltd and Dr. 
CVS Prakash of Antrix (ISRO), who helped to provide the 
unencrypted RPCs.