Polarization state conformation and its application to change detection in polarimetric SAR data

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-308

  Qong, Muhtar ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polarization signature; Polarization state; Polarization state conformation and change detection; Radar polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

POLARIZATION SIGNATURE; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZATION STATE CONFORMATION AND CHANGE DETECTION; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 8344223679     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.835221     Document Type: Article

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