Title :
Wavelet-based visual coding of sea ice SAR images
Author :
Karvonen, Juha ; Similä, Markku
Author_Institution :
Finnish Inst. of Marine Res., Finland
Abstract :
The authors have developed an algorithm for compressing sea ice SAR images for visual use. The algorithm uses a five-level biorthogonal dyadic wavelet transform and a zerotree structure for the structural information
Keywords :
data compression; geophysical signal processing; image coding; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; wavelet transforms; SAR; SAR image; algorithm; data compression; five-level biorthogonal dyadic wavelet transform; image coding; image compression; image processing; measurement technique; ocean; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; sea ice; structural information; synthetic aperture radar; visual coding; visual use; wavelet; zerotree structure; Bandwidth; Image coding; Image resolution; Navigation; Quantization; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Synthetic aperture radar; Wavelet coefficients; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775093
