Title :
Benchmarking operational SAR ship detection
Author :
Greidanus, Harm ; Clayton, Peter ; Indregard, Marte ; Staples, Gordon ; Suzuki, Naoki ; Vachoir, P. ; Wackerman, Chris ; Tennvassas, Tove ; Mallorquí, Jordi ; Kourti, Naouma ; Ringrose, Robert ; Mel, Harm
Author_Institution :
Eur. Comm. Joint Res. Centre, Ispra
Abstract :
The performances of eight satellite SAR ship detection systems (most of them operational) are compared, by running a benchmark test on RADARSAT images of various modes. No single system is best under all circumstances
Keywords :
artificial satellites; benchmark testing; oceanographic techniques; radar detection; radar imaging; remote sensing; ships; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; RADARSAT images; benchmarking; radar detection; satellite SAR ship detection; synthetic aperture radar; Airborne radar; Benchmark testing; Contracts; Marine vehicles; Performance evaluation; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370065
