Processing of envisat alternating polarization data for vessel detection

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Li, Xiaowei ^a,b   Chong, Jinsong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING POLARIZATIONS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DATA SETS; DUAL CHANNELS; DUAL POLARIZATIONS; ENVISAT; FUSION METHODS; PROCESSING METHODS; SEA CLUTTERS; SINGLE-LOOK COMPLEXES; VESSEL DETECTIONS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PROCESSING; PUMPING PLANTS; SEAWATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 64149103893     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.915933     Document Type: Article

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