The maximum similarity shape matching (MSSM) feature tracking method applied to an oil spill observed in SAR imagery

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 8-14

  Yan, Xiao Hai ^a   Clemente Colón, Pablo ^b   Pichel, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATURE TRACKING METHOD; MAXIMUM SIMILARITY SHAPE MATCHING (MSSM) METHOD;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OIL SPILLS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

RADAR IMAGING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARINE POLLUTION; MAXIMUM SIMILARITY SHAPE MATCHING; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0031153987     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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