Relative height estimation by cross-correlating ground-range synthetic aperture sonar images

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 971-982

  Sæboslash, Torstein Olsmo ^a,b   Hansen, Roy Edgar ^a   Hanssen, Alfred ^b  

^a Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)   (Norfolk Island)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Coherence; Cross correlation; Height estimation; Interferometry; Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS); Time delay estimation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CROSS CORRELATION; SEAFLOOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR IMAGE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR;

EID: 40749097251     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2007.895244     Document Type: Article

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