Polarimetric SAR image classification based on the degree of polarization and co-polarized phase-difference statistics

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chang, Geba ^a   Oh, Yisok ^a  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Co polarized phase difference; Component; Degree of polarization; SAR image classification technique

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGET DRONES; VEGETATION;

ASIA-PACIFIC; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES; CO-POLARIZED; CO-POLARIZED PHASE DIFFERENCE; COMPONENT; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; JPL-AIRSAR; PHASE DIFFERENCES; POLARIMETRIC SAR; SAR DATA; SAR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; VEGETATION CANOPIES;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 51849114612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APMC.2007.4555104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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