Title :
Man-made target discrimination based on scattering mechanism identification and spectral correlation property analysis of POLSAR images
Author :
Mu, Xu ; Xue-song, Wang ; Shun-ping, Xiao ; Yang, Liu
Author_Institution :
NUDT, Changsha
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel discrimination method is proposed to automatically discriminate man-made targets in diverse natural clutter environments of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (POLSAR) images .The novel method, which makes fully use of the difference between man-made target and natural clutter on scattering mechanism type and spectral correlation property, permits to obtain a clear and credible target discrimination effect .The validity of our novel method is verified by fully polarimetric L-band POLSAR data acquired by DLR ´s airborne E-SAR system.
Keywords :
airborne radar; correlation methods; electromagnetic wave scattering; image recognition; radar clutter; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar target recognition; spectral analysis; synthetic aperture radar; DLR airborne E-SAR system; L-band POLSAR images; diverse natural clutter; man-made target discrimination; polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; scattering mechanism identification; spectral correlation property analysis; Clutter; Data engineering; Image analysis; Image resolution; L-band; Land vehicles; Mechanical factors; Radar scattering; Road vehicles; Spectral analysis; POLSAR; man-made target discrimination; scattering mechanism identification; spectral correlation property;
Conference_Titel :
Synthetic Aperture Radar, 2007. APSAR 2007. 1st Asian and Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Huangshan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1188-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1188-7
DOI :
10.1109/APSAR.2007.4418656
