DocumentCode :
2144919
Title :
Applicability of the K distribution to RADARSAT maritime imagery
Author :
Greidanus, Harm
Author_Institution :
Joint Res. Centre, Comm. of the Eur., Ispra
Volume :
7
fYear :
2004
fDate :
20-24 Sept. 2004
Firstpage :
4715
Abstract :
Estimators of K distribution parameters are reviewed. On the basis of a chi2-test, 12 RADARSAT images (Standard, Wide and ScanSAR) are found to be rather well described by a K distribution; however, their false alarm rate is an order too high. The impact of 8 bit storage is discussed
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; 8 bit storage; K distribution parameters; RADARSAT images; RADARSAT maritime imagery; ScanSAR; Standard SAR; Wide SAR; false alarm rate; Backscatter; Oceans; Parameter estimation; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Sea surface; Surface contamination; Yield estimation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370211
Filename :
1370211
Link To Document :
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