Land cover classification of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (POLSAR) data based on scattering mechanisms and complex wishart distribution

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 2602-2604

  Lee, Ken Yoong ^a   Liew, Soo Chin ^a   Kwoh, Leong Keong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; SPECKLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

KAPPA STATISTICS; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LEE POLARIMETRIC FILTER; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SPECKLE SUPPRESSION; WISHART DISTRIBUTION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0036400398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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