Urban density estimation from polarimetric SAR images based on a POA correction method

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

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1418-1429

  Kajimoto, Muneyoshi ^a   Susaki, Junichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Four component decomposition; polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; polarization orientation angle (POA); urban density estimation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOUR-COMPONENT DECOMPOSITION; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; POLARIZATION ORIENTATION ANGLES; SCATTERING INTENSITY; STRONG DEPENDENCES; TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREAS; URBAN DENSITY;

ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FLOORS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALGORITHM; ALOS; AZIMUTH; CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBAN AREA;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)];

EID: 84880285703     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2255584     Document Type: Article

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