Spectral Estimation Techniques for Multilook SAR Images of Ocean Waves

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 568-577

  Vachon, Paris W ^a   West, James C ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; RADAR - SYNTHETIC APERTURE; RADAR IMAGING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVES;

LOOK DETECTION; MULTILOOK SAR IMAGES; OCEAN WAVES; SPECTRAL ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0026868990     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.142935     Document Type: Article

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