H/α polarimetric features for man-made target classification

Entropy (H)/ Alpha (alpha)/ Anisotropy (A) polarimetric features are largely employed in polarimetric SAR for supervised and/or unsupervised land classification. Can these features be exploited for classifying man-made targets? This paper answers this question by proposing: 1) A technique for extracting H/alpha/A parameters from High Resolution Range Profiles (HRRP) of the target 2) A MAP classifier based on such parameters 3) A performance analysis of such classifier based on simulated polarimetric radar data of ships.