Model-based polarimetric SAR calibration method using forest and surface-scattering targets

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1712-1733

  Shimada, Masanobu ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS); calibration and validation; forest; penetration; Phased Array Type L band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) (PALSAR); polarimetry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; FORESTRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLARIZATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SURFACE SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITE; ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; ARRAY-TYPE; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; FOREST; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; PENETRATION; PHASED-ARRAY-TYPE L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; PHASED-ARRAYS; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS;

POLARIMETERS;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CANOPY; MATRIX; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; RAINFOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 79955581541     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2090046     Document Type: Article

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