Target detection with polarimetric C-band SAR
conference paper
We have studied an optimal target detection procedure for polarimetric SAR data by using PHARUS data collected during the MIMEX campaign. The detection method is especially suitable when no a priory knowledge of the target is available. We have found that polarimetric whitening filtering preceding an order-statistics CFAR detector gives the best results for target detection. We also found that polarimetric information can support target recognition and classification. For terrain interpretation polarimetry is quite indispensable. For target detection spatial resolutions in the order of 1-5 meter are sufficient, while for recognition and classification a resolution less than I meter is required.
TNO Identifier
95224
Publisher
NATO-RTO
Source title
RTO Meeting Proceedings - High Resolution Radar Techniques, Papers presented at the RTO Sensors and Electronics Technology Panel (SET) Symposium, held in Granada, Spain, 22-24 March 1999
Place of publication
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Pages
56/1-56/6
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