Title :
Transpolarizing trihedral measurement using UPC X-band GB-SAR
Author :
Ferrer, Pere J. ; Romeu, Jordi ; González-Arbesú, José M. ; Aguasca, Albert ; Pipia, Luca ; López-Martínez, Carlos ; Fàbregas, Xavier
Author_Institution :
Signal Theor. & Commun. Dept. (TSC), Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
The use of a transpolarizing surface placed on one side of a trihedral corner reflector (TCR) as polarimetric calibrator is presented in this paper. The transpolarizing-TCR presents a high back-scattered cross-polar response. This structure has been tested at 9.65 GHz (X-band) with the help of the UPC GB-SAR system.
Keywords :
calibration; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; UPC X-band GB-SAR; frequency 9.65 GHz; high back-scattered cross-polar response; polarimetric calibrator; transpolarizing surface; transpolarizing trihedral measurement; trihedral corner reflector; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Calibration; Corrugated surfaces; Fabrication; Laboratories; Polarization; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Sampling methods; Polarimetric calibration; transpolarization; trihedral corner reflector; twist reflector;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417444
