Title :
Feature motivated polarization scattering matrix decomposition
Author :
Cameron, William ; Leung, Ling
Author_Institution :
Boeing Aerosp. & Electron., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
A method of decomposing the polarization scattering matrix into parts corresponding to nonreciprocal, asymmetric, and symmetric scatterers is presented. The decomposition is used to classify scattering matrices into one of eleven classes. The decomposition and classification scheme is applied to fully polarimetric, millimeter-wave measurement data. Results for a simple array of scatterers and for a truck are shown
Keywords :
S-matrix theory; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; radar applications; radar cross-sections; asymmetric scatterers; classification; matrix decomposition; millimeter-wave measurement data; nonreciprocal scatterers; polarimetric measurement data; polarization scattering matrix; radar scatterers; symmetric scatterers; truck; Aerospace electronics; Matrix decomposition; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Signal resolution; Spatial resolution; Symmetric matrices; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 1990., Record of the IEEE 1990 International
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.1990.201088
