A three-component scattering model to describe polarimetric SAR data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1748, Issue , 1993, Pages 213-224

  Freeman, A ^a   Durden, S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; FLOODS; FORESTRY; POLARIMETERS; RAIN; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; MULTI FREQUENCY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POLARIMETRIC SAR; POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; SCATTERING MODEL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 84974546779     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.140618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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