In search of the statistical properties of high-resolution polarimetric SAR data for the measurements of forest biomass beyond the RCS saturation limits

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-499

  Wang, Haipeng ^a,b   Ouchi, Kazuo ^a,b   Watanabe, Manabu ^a,c   Shimada, Masanobu ^a,c   Tadono, Takeo ^a,c   Rosenqvist, Ake ^c   Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad ^d   Matsuoka, Masayuki ^e   Moriyama, Toshifumi ^f   Uratsuka, Seiho ^a,f  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest biomass; K distribution; Non Gaussian statistics; Polarimetric high resolution data; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

FOREST BIOMASS; K-DISTRIBUTION; NON-GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; POLARIMETRIC HIGH RESOLUTION DATA;

POLARIMETERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BIOMASS;

EID: 33750604299     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2006.878299     Document Type: Article

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