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The azimuth direction corresponds to the flight direction of the radar sensor. It is also called along-track direction since it follows the line-of-flight. It is perpendicular to the range direction.
Henderson, F. M. & Lewis, A. J. (ed.) (1998). Principles & Applications of Imaging RADAR. Manual of Remote Sensing. Third Edition, Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons, USA.