Landuse classification using PHARUS polarimetric SAR
conference paper
A classifier is developed in which the polarimetric component of SAR measurements can be weighed relative to the absolute amplitude of the measurements. For a carefully selected weight, this classifier is shown to perform nearly as well as the optimum Bayes classifier. Applying the developed classifier to radar measurements from the PHARUS airborne SAR over the Heerde test site in the Netherlands, it could be demonstrated that polarimetric SAR measurements give better land use classification results than single-channel SAR.
TNO Identifier
95159
Publisher
ESA/ESTEC
Source title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Retrieval of Bio- & Geo-physical Parameters from SAR Data for Land Applications, 21-23 October 1998, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Place of publication
Noordwijk
Pages
71-77
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