Title :
A new method for characterizing depolarization effects in radar and optical remote sensing
Author :
Cloude, Shane R.
Author_Institution :
AEL Consultants, Cupar, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we consider a new approach to the parameterization of depolarization effects in electromagnetic scattering. We define a unitary reduction operator, which is used to generate an N-1 dimensional representation of depolarization in an N dimensional scattering problem. We illustrate the application of this technique to polarimetric radar backscatter from random media with various symmetries
Keywords :
backscatter; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; random media; remote sensing by radar; depolarization effects; electromagnetic scattering; optical remote sensing; polarimetric radar backscatter; radar remote sensing; random media; representation; unitary reduction operator; Electromagnetic scattering; Laser radar; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Symmetric matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976677
