Shift-scale complex correlation for wide-angle coherent cross-track SAR stereo processing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Yocky, David A ^b   Jakowatz Jr , Charles V ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Coherent processing; Digital terrain map (DTM); Image registration; Spotlight mode SAR; Stereo SAR; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COHERENT PROCESSING; DIGITAL TERRAIN MAP (DTM); SPOTLIGHT-MODE SAR; STEREO SAR;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 33847711804     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.886193     Document Type: Article

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