Title :
Statistical analysis of multipolarisation/multifrequency SAR images of the sea surface
Author :
Pastina, D. ; Lombardo, P. ; Bucciarelli, T.
Author_Institution :
INFOCOM Dept., Rome Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A statistical analysis of SAR images of the sea surface is presented. The analysis shows a good agreement between compound-Gaussian distributions and statistical properties of the sea radar echoes. A relation between probability density function (pdf) of local backscattered power and local incidence angle is derived. This is used to simulate SAR images and to make inferences on the sea state
Keywords :
ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; SAR image; backscatter; compound-Gaussian distribution; incidence angle; measurement technique; multifrequency; multipolarisation; ocean wave; probability density function; radar echo; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; sea state; sea surface; statistical analysis; Data analysis; Frequency; Histograms; Image resolution; Marine vehicles; Power system modeling; Probability density function; Radar imaging; Sea surface; Statistical analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858027
