Evaluation of RADARSAT-2 Acquisition Modes for Wetland Monitoring Applications

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 431-439

  Brisco, Brian ^a   Murnaghan, Kevin ^a   Wdowinski, Shimon ^b   Hong, Sang Hoon ^b,c  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BACKSCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERFEROMETRY; MONITORING; QUANTIZATION (SIGNAL); SIGNAL PROCESSING; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; BLOCK ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATIONS; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER LEVEL MONITORING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84957663706     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2015.1104636     Document Type: Article

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