Dual frequency polarimetric sar data classification and analysis

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 31, Issue , 2001, Pages 247-272

  Ferro Famil, L ^a   Pottier, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; CROSS-CORRELATION MATRIX; DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS; POLARIMETRIC INFORMATIONS; POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SCATTERING CHAR-ACTERISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; POLARIMETERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 34147157497     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER00081601     Document Type: Article

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