Characterization of spatial statistics of distributed targets in SAR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 345-363

  Rignot, E ^a   Kwok, R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SPECKLE; SAR; SEA ICE; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SYSTEM NOISE;

RADAR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISTRIBUTED TARGETS; SAR SYSTEM; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0027334393     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169308904341     Document Type: Article

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