A Flexible and computationally efficient density model for the multilook polarimetric covariance matrix

Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR

Volumn 2012-April, Issue , 2012, Pages 760-763

  Kersten, Paul R ^b   Anfinsen, Stian Normann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; COHERENCY MATRIX; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DENSITY MODELING; IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATORS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; SPECIAL FUNCTIONS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 84873184089     PISSN: 21974403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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