Uncertainties in the estimation of ACF-based texture in synthetic aperture radar image data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 940-949

  Collins, Michael J ^a   Huang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 33747920263     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.673685     Document Type: Article

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