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

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2058-2074

  López Martínez, Carlos ^a,b,d   Pottier, Eric ^a,b,d,e   Cloude, Shane R ^a,c,f,g  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d IETR   (France)

^e Radar Polarimetry Remote Sensing Group

^f Alexander von Humboldt Society   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eigendecomposition; Estimation theory; Polarimetry; Speckle; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Target decomposition theorems

Indexed keywords

EIGENDECOMPOSITION; ESTIMATION THEORY; SAR SYSTEMS; TARGET DECOMPOSITION THEORY;

ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; POLARIMETERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THEOREM PROVING;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 27744476639     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.853934     Document Type: Article

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