Towards sea ice classification using simulated RADARSAT Constellation Mission compact polarimetric SAR imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-195

  Dabboor, M ^a   Geldsetzer, T ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Torsten Geldsetzer   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compact SAR; RADARSAT Constellation Mission; Sea ice classification

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; COMPACT POLARIMETRIES; COMPACT SAR; CONSTELLATION MISSIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS; SEA ICE CLASSIFICATION;

POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SEA ICE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; OPEN WATER; RADARSAT; RESOLUTION; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84884574763     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.035     Document Type: Article

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