Model-based interpretation of high-resolution SAR images of buildings

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

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-119

  Guida, Raffaella ^a   Iodice, Antonio ^a   Riccio, Daniele ^a   Stilla, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution (HR); Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Urban areas

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DEFORMATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MODEL BUILDINGS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATIONS; COMPLEX DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; GEOMETRIC INFORMATIONS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION (HR); MODEL-BASED; REFINED MODELS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SAR IMAGES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR); URBAN AREAS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

BUILDING; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOMETRY; MODEL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84887627350     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2008.2001155     Document Type: Article

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