Automatic detection of ships in RADARSAT-1 SAR imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 568-577

  Wackerman, Christopher C ^a   Friedman, Karen S ^b   Pichel, William G ^b   Clemente Colon, Pablo ^b   Li, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a ERIM International   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

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EID: 1842735365     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2001.10854896     Document Type: Article

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