Research Article

Characterizing the Statistical Properties of SAR Clutter by Using an Empirical Distribution

Table 1

The main parameters of TerraSAR-X space-borne systems for the data in this study.

Testing siteAcquisition modePolarizationResolution
(az × rg)
DateSizeAzimuth looksRange looks

Beijing, ChinaSpotLightHH1.92 m × 2.26 m2008-01-31T10:03 UTC21333 px × 20000 px1.191.02
Sanchagang, ChinaStripMapVV6.11 m × 5.98 m2008-01-01T22:20 UTC11909 px × 22363 px1.022.67