Title :
Land use classification of SIR-C imagery based on a published database of multi-polarization backscattering
Author :
Fujita, Masaharu ; Tamura, Daisuke
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Land use classification of polarimetric SAR imagery is carried out by referring not to training area data within the image but to a published database consisting of independently measured backscattering data. The results are reasonable when the appropriate radar parameters are chosen in the measurement.
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; SAR; SIR-C; geophysical measurement technique; image classification; land surface; land use; multi-polarization backscattering; polarization; published database; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Area measurement; Backscatter; Image databases; Polarization; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Snow; Soil; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026411
