First 3-D reconstructions of targets hidden beneath foliage by means of polarimetric SAR tomography

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-64

  Nannini, Matteo ^a   Scheiber, Rolf ^a   Horn, Ralf ^a   Moreira, Alberto ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polarimetry; SAR tomography (SARTom); superresolution; target detection

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; AIRBORNE DATA; FOREST CLASSIFICATION; GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERS; GERMANY; PHASE CENTER; POLARIMETRIC SAR; SAR TOMOGRAPHY (SARTOM); STRUCTURE INFORMATION; SUPER RESOLUTION; TEST SITE; TOMOGRAPHIC; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

ELLIPSOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; TARGET TRACKING; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84655161889     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2160329     Document Type: Article

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