River Ice Mapping from PolSAR Images

This paper presents different mapping algorithms to discriminate river ice types using full-polarized C-band and dual-polarized X-band data. Field data are conjointly used with an electromagnetic river ice model to simulate backscattering response of river ice. Finally different classifications, proposed and tested, show encouraging results.

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