Wavelet-based despeckling for onboard image processing in a small satellite SAR maritime surveillance constellation

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1809-1812

  Peterson, E H ^a   Zee, R E ^a   Fotopoulos, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; DE-SPECKLING; FORMATION FLYING; IMAGERY DATA; LOW COSTS; MARITIME SURVEILLANCE; MICRO SATELLITE; MICROSATELLITES; MISSION CONCEPTS; NON-COOPERATIVE; ONBOARD IMAGE PROCESSING; RECEIVER ANTENNAS; REMOTE SENSING MISSIONS; SMALL SPACECRAFTS; SMALL-SATELLITE; SPECKLE REMOVAL; TRANSMIT POWER; WAVELET THRESHOLDING METHOD;

ANTENNAS; AUTOMATION; DNA SEQUENCES; GEOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 84873161842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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