Decomposition of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar backscatter from upland and flooded forests

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1319-1332

  Wang, Y ^a   Davis, F W ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; DECOMPOSITION METHOD;

RADAR IMAGING;

BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTERING; DECOMPOSITION; FLOODED FOREST; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; LAND COVER; SAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLANDS;

EID: 0031115584     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218449     Document Type: Article

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