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A physically consistent stochastic model to observe oil spills and strong scatterers on SLC SAR images

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A speckle model to characterize low backscatter areas and areas with strong scatterers in marine SLC SAR images is presented. The model allows using high resolution speckled SAR images instead of dealing with multi-look SAR images where, at the expense of a poorer spatial resolution, the speckle is mitigated. The new approach is based on the use of the three parameters of the generalized K probability density function. This speckle model embodies the Rayleigh, the Rice and the K-distribution scattering scenes, which are descriptors of scenes dominated by Bragg scattering, scenes in which a dominant scatter is present and scenes with a non-Gaussian signal statistic, respectively. A large data-set of ERS 1/2 SLC SAR images, provided by the ESA under the Project C1P-2769, is employed. Results show the effectiveness of the approach.

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... It is a three parameter distribution in which a further parameter, , is present in addition to the two previous ones. The real and nonnegative parameter takes into account the departure from the uniform distribution of the phase, e.g., a phenomenon which occurs when a dominant scatter is present [15], [20]. When , then and the strong scattering regime is achieved. ...
... When , then and the strong scattering regime is achieved. The GK model has been shown to embody very different marine scattering scenarios, each one being characterized by a proper combination of GK parameters [15], [20]. From an electromagnetic viewpoint, the mean intensity of the total field scattered off the sea surface with and without metallic objects, , is associated with the sum of a coherent and incoherent component, each properly weighted by the Rice factor [21] (3) ...
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... It is a three parameter distribution in which a further parameter, , is present in addition to the two previous ones. The real and nonnegative parameter takes into account the departure from the uniform distribution of the phase, e.g., a phenomenon which occurs when a dominant scatter is present [15], [20]. When , then and the strong scattering regime is achieved. ...
... When , then and the strong scattering regime is achieved. The GK model has been shown to embody very different marine scattering scenarios, each one being characterized by a proper combination of GK parameters [15], [20] . From an electromagnetic viewpoint, the mean intensity of the total eld scattered off the sea surface with and without metallic objects, , is associated with the sum of a coherent and incoherent component , each properly weighted by the Rice factor [21] (3) where is the Rice factor, i.e., the coherent to incoherent mean intensity eld ratio [21], [22] (4) A metallic object over the sea surface calls for a strong electromagnetic return which is, at once, characterized by a large coherent component [8]. ...
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