Use of synthetic aperture radar polarimetry to characterize wetland targets of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-537

  Patel, Parul ^a   Srivastava, Hari Shanker ^a   Navalgund, Ranganath R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Polarimetric decomposition; Radar polarimetry; Synthetic aperture radar; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849116132     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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