K statistics of terrain clutter in high resolution SAR images

Author

Müller, Hans-Jürgen

Author_Institution

DLR, German Aerosp. Res. Establ., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2146

Abstract

In the last decade many authors prefer to describe the statistical distribution of backscattering amplitudes in single-look synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images by K distribution. In this paper experimental data from a high resolution airborne SAR system are proved to K statistics model and compared with Weibull, lognormal and gamma density functions

Keywords

Weibull distribution; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; log normal distribution; radar applications; radar clutter; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; K distribution; K statistics; K statistics model; Weibull function; airborne SAR; backscattering amplitude; gamma density functions; geophysical measurement technique; high resolution SAR image; image processing; land surface; lognormal function; radar remote sensing; single-look synthetic aperture radar; statistical distribution; terrain clutter; terrain mapping; Backscatter; Clutter; Density functional theory; Density measurement; Image resolution; Probability density function; Shape measurement; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399676

Filename

399676