Estimating speed and direction of small Dynamic targets through optical satellite imaging

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1331-1347

  Easson, Greg ^a   DeLozier, Scott ^a   Momm, Henrique G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Moving target indicator; Optical satellite; QuickBird; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

BORDER SURVEILLANCE; COMMERCIAL SATELLITES; DYNAMIC TARGET; IMAGE DIFFERENCING; MOVEMENT DETECTION; MOVEMENT RECOGNITION; MOVING -TARGET-INDICATOR; MOVING TARGET INDICATORS; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY; OPTICAL SATELLITES; QUICKBIRD; SPATIAL ATTRIBUTE; VELOCITY ESTIMATION;

ERROR DETECTION; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; VEHICLES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84860388986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2051331     Document Type: Article

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