Title :
Ship signatures in synthetic aperture radar imagery
Author :
Vachon, Paris W. ; English, Ryan A. ; Wolfe, John
Author_Institution :
Defence R&D Canada - Ottawa, Ottawa
Abstract :
Ship signatures in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery have been matched to Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to yield a large database of known ships for ship signature analysis. This paper focuses on ship radar cross section and ship length derived from the ship signature length. Cross- polarization is an attractive option for ship detection.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; radar imaging; ships; synthetic aperture radar; SAR imagery; automatic identification system; cross polarization; ship detection; ship length; ship radar cross section; ship signatures; synthetic aperture radar imagery; Image analysis; Image databases; Marine vehicles; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Research and development; Spatial resolution; Surveillance; Synthetic aperture radar; AIS; Automatic Identification System; Envisat ASAR; RADARSAT; SAR; polarization; ship radar cross section; ship signature; synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423066
