Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: Kapok
Version: 0.2.1
Summary: A Python library for PolInSAR forest height estimation using UAVSAR data.
Home-page: https://github.com/mdenbina/kapok
Author: Michael Denbina
Author-email: michael.w.denbina@jpl.nasa.gov
License: GPLv3+
Description: |License: GPL v3| |DOI|
        
        Kapok: An Open Source Python Library for PolInSAR Forest Height Estimation Using UAVSAR Data
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        Kapok is a Python library created for the purposes of estimating forest
        height and structure using data collected by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial
        Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) instrument. The library
        contains implementations of basic algorithms for processing of
        polarimetric SAR interferometry (PolInSAR) data, and allows easy import
        of UAVSAR SLC (single-look complex) stacks (UAVSAR data from multiple
        repeat-pass flights).
        
        Software primarily designed and written by Michael Denbina. Brian
        Hawkins contributed a geocoding function using the pyresample library.
        Maxim Neumann contributed a number of ideas regarding the overall
        structure and data organization of Kapok, as well as library functions
        for coordinate transformations and indexing of baselines. See individual
        source code files for more detailed author information.
        
        If you use this software in a published work, please cite it using the
        following DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.167040
        
        For reference, also see the following journal articles for PolInSAR
        forest height estimation results using this software:
        
        M. Simard and M. Denbina, "An Assessment of Temporal Decorrelation
        Compensation Methods for Forest Canopy Height Estimation Using Airborne
        L-Band Same-Day Repeat-Pass Polarimetric SAR Interferometry," IEEE
        Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote
        Sensing, Submitted, 2017.
        
        M. Denbina and M. Simard, "The Effects of Topography on Forest Height
        and Structure Estimation from PolInSAR," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience
        and Remote Sensing, Submitted, 2017.
        
        This library is dependent on the following open source software
        libraries:
        
        -  Numerical Python (NumPy)
        -  Scientific Python (SciPy)
        -  HDF5 For Python (h5py)
        -  matplotlib
        -  Cython
        -  Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
        -  pyresample
        
        See docs/manual.pdf for a user's manual and basic tutorial. The scripts/
        folder contains a number of example scripts demonstrating how to use the
        software. The docs/ folder also contains installation guides for Mac OSX
        and Windows.
        
        Copyright 2016 California Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.
        United States Government Sponsorship acknowledged.
        
        This software is released under the GNU General Public License. For
        details, see the file LICENSE.txt included with this program, or visit
        http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. This program is distributed in the hope
        that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        
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Keywords: radar remotesensing ecology forestry biomass polinsar polarimetry
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
