Airborne C-band SAR measurements of wet snow-covered areas

Using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data at C-band, the optimum polarization and range incidence angles for the classification of land covers found in the James Bay area, P.Q., Canada-open areas, lakes ice, and forests, all covered with wet snow-have been examined. The separability bet...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing 1998-11, Vol.36 (6), p.1977-1981
Main Authors: Baghdadi, N., Livingstone, C.E., Bernier, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIRBORNE RADAR
Applied geophysics
Area measurement
Backscatter
C BAND
CROSS POLARIZATION
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Ice
IMAGE CLASSIFICATION
Internal geophysics
Lakes
Polarization
POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS
RADAR MEASUREMENT
RADAR POLARIMETRY
Radar scattering
REMOTE SENSING
Snow
SNOW COVER
Spaceborne radar
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
VERTICAL POLARIZATION
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Summary:Using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data at C-band, the optimum polarization and range incidence angles for the classification of land covers found in the James Bay area, P.Q., Canada-open areas, lakes ice, and forests, all covered with wet snow-have been examined. The separability between classes shows that they can be classified by a single polarization. For /spl theta/30/spl deg/. However, the polarimetric parameters were not suitable for classification.
ISSN:0196-2892
1558-0644
DOI:10.1109/36.729371