Polarimetric analysis of backscatter from the deepwater horizon oil spill using l-band synthetic aperture radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 10 PART1, 2012, Pages 3812-3830

  Minchew, Brent ^a   Jones, Cathleen E ^b   Holt, Benjamin ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oil spill; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

BRAGG SCATTERING; CLEAN WATERS; COHERENCY MATRIX; DEEPWATER; EIGEN-VALUE; FLIGHT TRACK; GULF OF MEXICO; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INSTRUMENT NOISE; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; NOISE FLOOR; OIL SLICKS; POLARIMETRIC ANALYSIS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RADAR POLARIMETRY; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE LAYERS; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLE; VOLUMETRIC CONCENTRATIONS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OIL SPILLS; POLARIMETERS; SURFACE SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER WAVES;

BACKSCATTERING;

BACKSCATTER; DEEP WATER; ENTROPY; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; SEAWATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLUME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84867064640     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2185804     Document Type: Article

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