Radar backscatter analysis for urban environments

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1351-1364

  Dong, Y ^a   Forster, B ^a   Ticehurst, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

URBAN ENVIRONMENT MONITORING;

RADAR IMAGING;

BACKSCATTER; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADAR; RADAR BACKSCATTER; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031126891     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218467     Document Type: Article

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