Texture and statistical distribution in high resolution polarimetric SAR images

Author

Fukuda, Satoshi ; Suwa, Kei ; Hirosawa, Haruto

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space & Astronaut. Sci., Sagamihara, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1268

Abstract

The validity of the product model and the corresponding K distribution for high resolution images is studied. Of particular interest are the order parameter for several types of clutter and its relation to the polarization. In experimental tests, low order parameters are measured for most clutter, indicating the high resolution enhances the texture effect. Also an extension of the product model considering backscattering from multiple layers is presented, in order to explain polarimetric variation in the measured order parameters for the forest areas at L-band

Keywords

forestry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image texture; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; K distribution; L-band; SAR; backscattering; clutter; forest; geophysical measurement technique; high resolution; image texture; land surface; multiple layers; order parameter; polarimetric SAR image; polarization; product model; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; statistical distribution; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Backscatter; Clutter; Extraterrestrial measurements; Image resolution; L-band; Polarization; Shape control; Speckle; Statistical distributions; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774600

Filename

774600