Compact polarimetry based on symmetry properties of geophysical media: The π/4 mode

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 634-645

  Souyris, Jean Claude ^a   Imbo, Patrick ^b   Fjørtoft, Roger ^a   Mingot, Sandra ^a   Lee, Jong Sen ^c  

^a CNES   (France)

^b IRIT   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop classification; Partial polarimetry; Radar polarimetry; Spaceborne synthetic aperture radar; Symmetry properties of geophysical media; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; POLARIMETERS; PULSE TIME MODULATION; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SENSORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CROP CLASSIFICATION; PARTIAL POLARIMETRY; RADAR POLARIMETRY; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES OF GEOPHICAL MEDIA;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FARM CROPS; POLARIMETRY; RADAR; SENSORS;

EID: 14644399790     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.842486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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