Orientation angle preserving a posteriori polarimetric SAR calibration

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 994-1003

  Ainsworth, Thomas L ^a,b   Ferro Famil, Laurent ^a,c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IETR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Radar polarimetry

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETRIC CHANNELS; POLARIMETRIC COVARIANCE MATRICES; RADAR POLARIMETRY; SAR IMAGERY;

CALIBRATION; DISTORTION (WAVES); MOISTURE; POLARIMETERS; SCATTERING; SOIL MECHANICS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33645681262     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.862508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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