Calibration of Polarimetric Radar Images Using Only Image Parameters and Trihedral Corner Reflector Responses

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 337-348

  Van Zyl, Jakob J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY--DATA COMPRESSION; RADAR--MICROWAVES; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE--CROSSTALK;

POLARIMETRIC RADAR IMAGES; RADAR DATA COMPRESSION; STOKES MATRIX; TRIHEDRAL CORNER REFLECTOR;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0025435025     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.54360     Document Type: Article

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