Quantitative comparison of classification capability: fully polarimetric versus dual and single-polarization SAR

Author

Lee, Jong-Sen ; Grunes, Mitchell R. ; Pottier, Eric

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2001

fDate

11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2343

Lastpage

2351

Abstract

Addresses the land-use classification capabilities of fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) versus dual-polarization and single-polarization SAR for P-, L-, and C-band frequencies. A variety of polarization combinations are investigated for application to crop and tree age classification. Based on the complex Wishart distribution for the covariance matrix, maximum likelihood classifiers for all polarization combinations are used to assess quantitative classification accuracy. Thus, this allows optimally selecting the frequency and the combination of polarizations for various applications

Keywords

agriculture; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; C-band frequencies; L-band frequencies; P-band frequencies; complex Wishart distribution; covariance matrix; crop classification; dual-polarization SAR; fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; land-use classification capabilities; maximum likelihood classifiers; polarization combinations; radar polarimetry; single-polarization SAR; terrain classification; tree age classification; Classification tree analysis; Covariance matrix; Crops; Frequency; L-band; Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; Polarization; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.964970

Filename

964970