Statistical assessment of eigenvector-based target decomposition theorems in radar polarimetry

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 192-195

  Lopez Martinez, Carlos ^a   Pottier, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

SAR polarimetiy; Speckle noise; Statistical characterization; Target decomposition theorems

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIMETERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

SAR POLARIMETRY; SPECKLE NOISE; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TARGET DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 15944428612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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