Title :
A polarization-rotating Van Atta array reflector and its application to polarimetric radar calibration
Author :
Fujita, Masaharu ; Nakamura, Sota
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Technol.
Abstract :
This paper presents the principle, design, and measured characteristics of a 90-degree polarization-rotating Van Atta array reflector with suppressed scattered field as a reference target for polarimetric radar calibration. A polarimetric calibration method that uses a trihedral and the present reflector needs no assumptions on scene characteristics and statistics and no independent phase calibration
Keywords :
S-matrix theory; calibration; geophysical equipment; radar polarimetry; radar tracking; reflector antennas; target tracking; phase calibration; polarimetric radar calibration; polarization-rotating Van Atta array reflector; reference target; scattered field; Calibration; Layout; Polarization; Pollution measurement; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370670
