Unsupervised segmentation of ERS and radarsat sea ice images using multiresolution peak detection and aggregated population equalization

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 3087-3109

  Soh, L K ^a   Tsatsoulis, C ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AGGREGATED POPULATION EQUALIZATION; AUTOMATED SEA ICE SEGMENTATION; MULTIRESOLUTION PEAK DETECTION; RADARSAT;

RADAR IMAGING;

ERS-1; ERS-2; RADARSAT; SEA ICE; SEGMENTATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0033569091     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699211633     Document Type: Article

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