Classification of multi-frequency synthetic aperture radar data from area around Pietermaritzburg

In April 1994 a multi-frequency SAR sensor was flown onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. This work involves the classification of ground cover in an area around Pietermaritzburg using data captured on this mission. The ground cover was classified by considering the statistics of the data. The purpose of this work is to gain experience in the use of SAR data so that its applicability to potential South African users can be shown and so that user support can be provided when an airborne SAR system is flown in South Africa.