Title :
Polarimetric SAR imaging of buried landmines
Author :
Carin, Lawrence ; Kapoor, Ravinder ; Baum, Carl E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
fDate :
11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
If the fields incident on a buried body of revolution are polarized vertically or horizontally (relative to the ground), the backscattered fields are exclusively copolarized (i.e., there are no cross-polarized backscattered fields). After substantiating this theoretically, measured ultrawideband (UWB) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data are used for corroboration, considering real, buried landmines that approximate bodies of revolution
Keywords :
backscatter; buried object detection; military systems; radar cross-sections; radar detection; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; backscatter; buried body of revolution; buried landmine; buried object detection; copolarized; ground penetrating radar; land mine detection; measurement technique; radar detection; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; synthetic aperture radar; Dielectrics; Ground penetrating radar; Interference; Landmine detection; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
