Title :
The identification of the deformed sea ice fields from ERS-1 SAR image by wavelets
Author :
Simila, Markku ; Helminen, Jari
Author_Institution :
Finnish Inst. of Marine Res., Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
A method to identify the deformed ice fields by applying the wavelet transform to the SAR image is presented. The transformed image is classified to three qualitatively different categories
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; image classification; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wavelet transforms; ERS-1; SAR image; deformed sea ice; image category; image classification; image processing; measurement technique; ocean; radar remote sensing; signal processing; spaceborne radar; wavelet transform; wavelets; Frequency; Ice surface; Image resolution; Pixel; Rough surfaces; Sea ice; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521082
