Orbital SAR simulator of fishing vessel polarimetric signatures based on high frequency electromagnetic calculations

This paper continues the work developed in related to a numerical tool able to simulate the full-polarimetric raw data for a given orbital SAR system from a realistic vessel model. This simulator makes possible the construction of a precise database of vessel radar signatures that will be used to develop classification algorithms. The simulator will be also useful to determine the system parameters of a future orbital SAR sensor dedicated to sea activity monitoring. This paper is focused on the validation tests and the new improvements developed.