The Kennaugh element framework for multi-scale, multi-polarized, multi-temporal and multi-frequency SAR image preparation

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-139

  Schmitt, Andreas ^a   Wendleder, Anna ^a   Hinz, Stefan ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Application; Change detection; Combination; Imagery; Multifrequency; Multiresolution; Multisensor; Multitemporal; Polarization; Radar; SAR

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

CHANGE DETECTION; COMBINATION; IMAGERY; MULTI FREQUENCY; MULTI SENSOR; MULTI-TEMPORAL; MULTIRESOLUTION; SAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; SENSOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84922706623     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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