Classification of terrain by implementing the correlation coefficient in the circular polarization basis using X-band POLSAR data

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E91-B, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^a   Yamamoto, Yukari ^a   Yamada, Hiroyoshi ^a   Yang, Jian ^b   Boerner, Wolfgang Martin ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization basis; Correlation coefficient; Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (POLSAR); Radar polarimetry; Scattering power

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRIBUTED SCATTERERS; MODIFIED COEFFICIENT; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; RADAR POLARIMETRY; REFLECTION SYMMETRY; SCATTERING MATRICES; TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION;

RADAR REFLECTION;

EID: 67651024054     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.1.297     Document Type: Article

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