Four-component scattering power decomposition algorithm with rotation of covariance matrix using ALOS-PALSAR polarimetric data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2199-2209

  Sugimoto, Mitsunobu ^a   Ouchi, Kazuo ^a   Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covariance matrix rotation; Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (POLSAR); Radar polarimetry; Scattering power decomposition

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; COHERENCY MATRIX; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; L-BAND SAR; POLARIMETRIC DATA; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; POWER DECOMPOSITION; RADAR POLARIMETRY; THEORETICAL POINTS;

ALGORITHMS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; POLARIMETERS; ROTATION; SCATTERING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84868089838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4082199     Document Type: Article

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