SAR image simulation and analysis of alpine terrain

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-38

  Gelautz, M ^a   Frick, H ^a,c   Raggam, J ^b   Burgstaller, J ^a   Leberl, F ^a,d  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Vexcel Corporation   (United States)

^d ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Layover; Matching; Remote sensing; SAR; Shadows; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COSINE REFLECTANCE MODEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); DOPPLER EQUATIONS; OBJECT SPACE ALGORITHM; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

RADAR IMAGING;

ALPINE TERRAIN; DEM; IMAGE SIMULATION; RADAR; SAR;

EID: 0032006048     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-2716(97)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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