A general model-based polarimetric decomposition scheme for vegetated areas

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 668 SP, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Neumann, Maxim ^a   Ferro Famil, Laurent ^a   Pottier, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCY MATRIX; DEGREE OF ORIENTATION; FREEMAN-DURDEN MODEL; GENERAL MODEL; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PARAMETER INVERSION; PARTICLE SHAPE; POLARIMETRIC DECOMPOSITION; RADAR POLARIMETRY; TERRAIN SLOPE; VEGETATION MODEL;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; ELLIPSOMETRY; INTERFEROMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; VEGETATION;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 76449121195     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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