Title :
Wavelet transform coding for SAR raw data compression
Author :
Pascazio, Vito ; Schirinzi, Gilda
Author_Institution :
Ist. Univ. Navale, Napoli, Italy
Abstract :
The performance of a wavelet transform based compression technique, applied directly on SAR raw data, is presented and compared with other techniques by computing different quality parameters on the (complex) images obtained after processing compressed data
Keywords :
data compression; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar imaging; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; transform coding; wavelet transforms; SAR; SAR raw data; coding; data compression; geophysical mesurement technique; land surface; radar remote sensing; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; wavelet transform; Bit rate; Data compression; Downlink; Entropy; Image coding; Quantization; Signal generators; Signal resolution; Transform coding; Wavelet coefficients;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775092
