Investigation of C- and X-band backscattering signatures of Baltic Sea ice

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2061-2086

  Makynen M ^a   Hallikainen, M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SEA ICE; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BACKSCATTERING SIGNATURES; SNOW CONDITION; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; DISCRIMINATION ACCURACY; HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE ANGLES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEA ICE CLASSIFICATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

BACKSCATTER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; OPEN WATER; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 2942535906     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001647697     Document Type: Article

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