Optimal polarization concept in radar imaging
Abstract
Polarization as a factor of electromagnetic scattering is discussed. Due to the vector nature of electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic remote sensing and inverse scattering techniques, if applied rigorously, require incorporation of polarization information into their formulation. By applying this approach to existing and some novel theories, improvements in quality and fidelity of the reconstructed profiles and/or images can be obtained. The development of methods and theories of vector inverse scattering for the electromagnetic polarization-dependent case or in the more complicated seismic case of p and s-wave interaction in elastic media, as for example in Vertical Seismic Profiling, is advocated. Radar scattering matrices and radar measurables are described, as are polarization descriptors.
- Publication:
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Coherent and Incoherent Radar Scattering from Rough Surfaces and Vegetated Areas
- Pub Date:
- May 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981cirs.rept..129B
- Keywords:
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- Electromagnetic Scattering;
- Polarization (Waves);
- Radar Imagery;
- Elastic Media;
- P Waves;
- Radar Scattering;
- S Waves;
- Seismology;
- Communications and Radar