Statistical modelling of ocean SAR images

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 348-354

  Delignon, Y ^a   Garello, R ^b   Hillion, A ^b  

^a ENIC   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Imaging; Modelling; Statistical analysis; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

RADAR POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0031364417     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:19971497     Document Type: Article

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