Circular polarization correlation coefficient for detection of non-natural targets aligned not parallel to SAR flight path in the X-band POLSAR image analysis

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E87-B, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3050-3056

  Kimura, Koji ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^a   Moriyama, Toshifumi ^b   Yamada, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient; Line Of Sight; Non natural targets; Phase angle; POLSAR; The circular polarization basis

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MICROWAVES; POLARIMETERS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; PHASE ANGLES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 7544236612     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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