| Title | Validation of Ship Detection by the RADARSAT Synthetic Aperture Radar and the Ocean Monitoring Workstation |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Vachon, P W; Thomas, S J; Cranton, J; Edel, H; Henschel, M D |
| Source | Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing vol. 26, issue 3, 2000 p. 200-212, https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2000.10874770 |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20042580 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | remote sensing; RADARSAT; SAR imagery |
| Illustrations | diagrams; tables; location maps; satellite imagery |
| Released | 2014 07 31 |
| Abstract | The capability of the RADARSAT synthetic aperture radar (SAR), in combination with the Ocean Monitoring Workstation (OMW), for automated ship detection has been assessed using in situ ship validation
information collected during field experiments conducted in 1996 and 1997. Our analysis indicates a 97% ship detection rate for the single beam modes best suited to ship detection (i.e. those beam modes having the largest incidence angles), and an
84% ship detection rate overall across the available set of validation data. Due to limitations in the validation data, the false alarm rate has not been explicitly addressed, aside from keeping it low by adjusting the OMW ship detection algorithm
parameters. The validated ships tended to be large in size, 120m in length on average. Our results indicate reliable automated ship detection performance using the RADARSAT/OMW combination, in particular for the recommended ship detection beam modes.
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| GEOSCAN ID | 219382 |
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