A model for extremely heterogeneous clutter

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 648-659

  Frery, Alejandro César ^a   Müller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Yanasse, Corina Da Costa Freitas ^a   Sant'Anna, Sidnei Joào Siqueira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECKLE;

INVERSE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREAS BACKSCATTER;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0031146744     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.581981     Document Type: Article

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