Optimal problem for contrast enhancement in polarimetric radar remote sensing

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E82-B, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 174-180

  Yang, Jian ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^b   Yamada, Hiroyoshi ^b   Sengoku, Masakazu ^b   Lin, Shi Ming ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Optimization; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Remote sensing; Scattering matrix

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

MATCHED-POL CHANNELS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR REMOTE SENSING;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0032644373     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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