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Research Article

Multivariate performance measures for evaluating speckle suppression filters for multitemporal multi-incident SAR imagery

D.J. Walker Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Earth, Environment, and Resources, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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G. Wiseman Agriculture Agri-Food Canada, 303 Main Street, Suite 200, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G7, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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B. Belcher Centre for Non-Timber Resources at Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2, Canada
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S. Dewi International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Southeast Asia Regional Office, PO Box 161, Bogor 16001, Indonesia
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J.M. Campbell Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Earth, Environment, and Resources, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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R. Baydack Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Earth, Environment, and Resources, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Pages 55-68 | Received 05 Feb 2010, Accepted 19 Apr 2011, Published online: 02 Jun 2014

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