Lee Jong-Sen, Pottier Eric. Polarimetric Radar Imaging: from basics to applications

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Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.ForewordAuthors
Overview of Polarimetric Radar Imaging
Electromagnetic Vector Wave and Polarization Descriptors
Electromagnetic Vector Scattering Operators
Polarimetric SAR Speckle Statistics
Polarimetric SAR Speckle Filtering
Introduction to the Polarimetric Target Decomposition Concept
H/A/a Polarimetric Decomposition Theorem
PolSAR Terrain and Land-Use Classification
Pol-InSAR Forest Mapping and Classification
Selected Polarimetric SAR Applications
Appendix A: Eigen Characteristics of Hermitian Matrix
Appendix B: PolSARpro Software: The Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Educational Toolbox