Hierarchical bayesian data analysis in radiometric SAR system calibration: A case study on transponder calibration with RADARSAT-2 data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6667-6690

  Döring, Björn J ^a   Schmidt, Kersten ^a   Jirousek, Matthias ^a   Rudolf, Daniel ^a   Reimann, Jens ^a   Raab, Sebastian ^a   Antony, John Walter ^a   Schwerdt, Marco ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian data analysis; External calibration; Radiometric calibration; Synthetic aperture radar; Transponder

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN DATA ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; EXTERNAL CALIBRATION; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

CALIBRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; TRANSPONDERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84891412678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5126667     Document Type: Article

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