Improving SAR image classification in tropical region through fusion with SPOT data

Author

Ho, Anthony Tung Shuen ; Seumahu, Eliza Steve ; Tam, Siu Chung ; Chin, Teck Wei ; Lim, Hock Seng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

1596

Abstract

This paper investigates various SAR digital filtering techniques to remove speckles for image classification using fused SAR and SPOT XS image. The fused image classification is then compared with the classified SPOT XS image. The result has shown that the use of the Enhanced Frost digital filtering technique for SAR image and the fusion with SPOT XS gives a very similar classification with comparison to the SPOT XS image classification

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image classification; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sensor fusion; synthetic aperture radar; Enhanced Frost digital filtering; SAR; SPOT; SPOT XS image; digital filtering; geophysical measurement technique; image classification; image fusion; image processing; land surface; optical imaging; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; sensor fusion; speckle removal; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; tropical region; Adaptive optics; Clouds; Digital filters; Filtering; Image classification; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Pixel; Satellites; Speckle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.691634

Filename

691634