A scattering operator of random complex radar object and its spatially-spectral properties

Author

Ligthart, Leo ; Tatarinov, Viktor ; Tatarinov, Sergey

Author_Institution

Int. Res. Center for Telecommun. & Radar, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2004

Abstract

The scattering of electromagnetic waves by a complex radar objects, having a random distribution of scattering centers, cannot be described with the use of the well known scattering matrix (SM). The definition of SM is correct for the “one-point” radar object only. The use of this definition can not explain the facts of scattered field polarization parameters dependence both from of positional angle and from frequency of incident wave. A new definition of scattering operator (SO) of a random complex radar object (RC-RO), using spatially-spectral properties, is considered

Keywords

backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; terrain mapping; backscatter; complex radar object; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; polarization parameters dependence; positional angle; radar cross section; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar theory; random complex object; random complex radar object; random distribution; scattering centers; scattering operator; spatially-spectral properties; terrain mapping; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Geometry; Laboratories; Matrices; Polarization; Radar scattering; Samarium; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775014

Filename

775014