New eigenvalue-based parameters for natural media characterization

Author

Allain, S. ; Lopez-Martinez, C. ; Ferro-Famil, L. ; Pottier, E.

Author_Institution

IETR, Univ. of Rennes 1, France

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

25-29 July 2005

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present two novel polarimetric parameters, the eigenvalue relative difference (ERD) and the single bounce eigenvalue relative difference (SERD), to characterize natural media. These parameters are derived from the eigen-decomposition of the coherency matrix considering the reflection symmetry hypothesis. An analysis of these parameters is performed on multi-frequency polarimetric SAR data acquired on bare soils and forested areas.

Keywords

eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; geophysical signal processing; image classification; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; bare soil; coherency matrix; eigendecomposition; eigenvalue-based parameters; forested areas; image classification; multifrequency polarimetric SAR data; natural media characterization; radar polarimetry; reflection symmetry hypothesis; remote sensing; single bounce eigenvalue relative difference; surface scattering; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Matrix decomposition; Performance analysis; Polarimetry; Reflection; Remote sensing; Scattering parameters; Soil; Speckle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9050-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526098

Filename

1526098