Image simulation of high resolution radar for polarimetric scattering from heterogeneous canopy surface

Polarimetric imaging of high resolution SAR is one of most important advances in microwave remote sensing. This paper, using fully polarimetric Mueller matrix solution and ray tracing method. Simulates radar images for fully polarimetric scattering from heterogeneous canopy surface. Non-uniform 3D structures and non-uniform distribution of multi-components of surface canopy are taken into account. Simulated image texture demonstrates spatial variation of radar echoes due to canopy 3D-heterogeneity, and is also compared with an AirSAR image at P,L,C bands