From Maxwell's equations to polarimetric SAR images: A simulation approach

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 7380-7409

  Sant'Anna, Sidnei J S ^a,b   Lacava, J C da S ^b   Fernandes, David ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering model; Planar multilayer structure; Polarimetric SAR image simulation; SAR data analysis; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; FULL-WAVE TECHNIQUES; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; POLARIMETRIC SAR; SIMULATION APPROACH; STATIONARY PHASE METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MULTILAYERS; POLARIMETERS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 68249095417     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8117380     Document Type: Article

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