The CFAR detection of ground moving targets based on a joint metric of SAR interferogram's magnitude and phase

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3618-3624

  Gao, Gui ^a   Shi, Gongtao ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection; interferogram; magnitude; phase; statistical distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE DETECTIONS; INTERFEROGRAMS; MAGNITUDE; PHASE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

INTERFEROMETRY;

BACKSCATTER; DETECTION METHOD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84865681703     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2184836     Document Type: Article

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