The scattering polarimetric response contrast between two wind-generated rough sea surfaces

Polarimetry for SAR applications is an excellent technological method to extract more information about wind-generated rough sea surface according to the scattering mechanisms. With the use of the scatter matrix, i.e. Mueller matrix, and Stokes vector operator, the paper describes a comparison between the polarimetric responses of two types of wind-generated sea surface offshore Baogang, Hainan Province. It gives representative results for the polarimetric response of backscattering electromagnetic field from the rough sea surface and the characteristics of Mueller matrices´ traces. The long wavelength sea surface and the short one can be determined by their polarimetric responses. The traces and determinant values of scattering matrices are related to the wind conditions. Some heuristic conclusions are given upon the results