Title :
The SSCM for ship characterization using polarimetric SAR
Author :
Touzi, R. ; Charbonneau, F.
Author_Institution :
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Ship characterization is investigated using the symmetric scattering characterization method (SSCM), which was introduced by Touzi and Charbonneau (2002). The SSCM method appears to be very promising for ship identification. Identification of ship targets with significant symmetric scattering is shown to lead to accurate pitch measurement, under certain conditions.
Keywords :
image classification; object detection; radar imaging; radar tracking; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SSCM method; polarimetric SAR; ship characterization; ship identification; ship pitch measurement; ship scattering; symmetric scattering characterization method; synthetic aperture radar; Covariance matrix; Data mining; Marine vehicles; Matrix decomposition; Military satellites; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Scattering parameters; Symmetric matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293721
