• DocumentCode
    1052789
  • Title

    On the ability of microwave radiometers to resolve spatially underlying surfaces and on methods to improve it

  • Author

    Bogorodsky, Vitale V. ; Kozlov, A.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Arctic and Antarctic Research Inst., Leningrad, USSR
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    12/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    356
  • Lastpage
    359
  • Abstract
    We discuss methods to improve the ability of microwave radiometers to resolve buried objects. The technique that we expound is based on the effects of instrument polarization. A choice of polarization is made, depending on the characteristics of two objects under survey, in order to maximize probability of correct decision on the object type. The analytical expressions that we have obtained are applied to a number of specific cases of interest.
  • Keywords
    Buried-object detection; Microwave radiometry; Pattern classification; Brightness temperature; Buried object detection; Equations; Instruments; Microwave theory and techniques; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Radiometers; Sea surface; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1984.1145639
  • Filename
    1145639