Active imagery under grazing incidence using polarization to detect and identify subsurface targets immersed in the draught zone

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1591-1601

  Floc'h, M ^a   Le Brun, G ^a   Cariou, J ^a   Lotrian, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SHIPS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ACTIVE IMAGERY; GRAZING INCIDENCE; STOKES MUELLER POLARIMETRIC FORMALISM; SUBSURFACE TARGETS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0031558010     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/30/11/008     Document Type: Article

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