Studies on polarization synthesis and differential backscatter phase observations

Author

Stjernman, Anders ; Vivekanandan, J. ; Nyström, Anders

Author_Institution

Swedish Inst. of Space Phys., Kiruna, Sweden

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1381

Abstract

Discusses interpretations of polarization synthesis results of simple point targets and distributed scatterers such as vegetation. Polarization responses are displayed on both Poincare sphere and Cartesian space. Polarization responses of dihedral target and vegetation media are compared to identify the dominant scattering mechanism. Measurements of co-polarized backscatter phase measurements are used to show that the tilt angle in polarization response plot is due to backscatter phase difference

Keywords

backscatter; forestry; geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; L-band S-band X-band C-band; UHF SHF; backscatter phase difference; co-polarized backscatter; differential backscatter phase observations; dihedral target; distributed scatterers; dominant scattering mechanism; geophysical measurement technique; microwave; polarimetry target identification; polarization response plot; polarization synthesis; radar remote sensing; simple point targets; terrain mapping; tilt angle; vegetation forest forestry; Backscatter; Mie scattering; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Scattering parameters; Surface roughness; Vegetation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399445

Filename

399445