A notch filter for ship detection with polarimetric SAR data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1219-1232

  Marino, Armando ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Radar polarimetry; ship detection; synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

MARITIME AREAS; NIGHT TIME; POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA; RADAR POLARIMETRY; SECURITY AND MONITORING; SHIP DETECTION; TERRASAR-X;

POLARIMETERS; SHIPS; TRACKING RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DETECTION METHOD; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; RADAR IMAGERY; SHIPPING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84880285364     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2247741     Document Type: Article

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