ABSTRACT

Selected methods that use synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image data to remotely sense ocean surfaces are described in this chapter. Fully polarimetric SAR (POLSAR) radars provide much more usable information than conventional single-polarization radars. Algorithms, presented here, to

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