A technique for the identification and analysis of icebergs in synthetic aperture radar images of Antarctica

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 3183-3199

  Williams, R N ^a   Rees, W G ^b   Young, N W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ICE; RADAR IMAGING; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ICEBERGS; RADAR IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ICEBERG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033569113     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699211697     Document Type: Article

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