Multi-variate optimal speckle reduction in SAR imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-627

  Bruniquel, J ^a,b   Lopes, A ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

INTENSITY SUMMATION TECHNIQUE; MULTICHANNEL SUMMATION; MULTILOOK PROCESSING; SPECKLE REDUCTION METHOD; WHITENING FILTER;

RADAR IMAGING;

METHOD REVIEW; PIXEL; RADAR; SAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECKLE REDUCTION;

EID: 0031079948     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218962     Document Type: Article

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