Title :
Based on the covariance and coherency matrix for SAR sea oil spill observation
Author :
Duan, Bing ; Chong, Jinsong
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Sci. & Technol. on Microwave Imaging, Inst. of Electron., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this study a method to enhance sea oil spill observation using covariance and coherency matrix with quad-polarized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is proposed. The proposed formula is used to differentiate the backscattering from the oil spills and biogenic slicks.
Keywords :
backscatter; covariance matrices; oil pollution; synthetic aperture radar; SAR sea oil spill observation; backscattering; biogenic slicks; coherency matrix; covariance matrix; quad-polarized synthetic aperture radar; Computed tomography; Covariance matrix; L-band; Radar imaging; Scattering; Synthetic aperture radar; Vectors; Coherency Matrix; Covariance Matrix; Oil Spills; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR);
Conference_Titel :
Radar (Radar), 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8444-7
DOI :
10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159793
