A relaxed wishart model for polarimetric SAR data

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 668 SP, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anfinsen, Stian Normann ^a   Eltoft, Torbjørn ^a   Doulgeris, Anthony Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Polarimetry; Statistical modelling; Synthetic aperture radar; Wishart distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX WISHART DISTRIBUTIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; POLARIMETRY; STATISTICAL MODELLING; WISHART DISTRIBUTION; WISHART MODEL;

ELLIPSOMETRY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

EID: 76449095677     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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