A simple reflector model for polarimetric radar at millimetre waves

Author

Kjellgren, J. ; Nilsson, S. ; Sume, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Swedish Defence Res. Establ., Linkoping, Sweden

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

2037

Abstract

A simple radar model of a tank target which includes the polarization properties is presented. The model is limited to monostatic radar. The backscattering mechanism is based on multiple reflection in plane surfaces and calculated with simple methods front physical optics. The model is composed of several spatially distributed scatterers to represent a tank target at millimetre wavelengths. The scatterers are of two generic reflector types with two or three bounces for retroreflection. The analysis and the presentation of the polarization properties are based on the theory of null-polarizations and the polarization “fork” parameters

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave reflection; military equipment; radar applications; radar cross-sections; EHF; MM waves; backscattering mechanism; millimetre waves; monostatic; multiple reflection; null-polarization; polarimetric radar; polarization properties; simple reflector model; spatially distributed scatterer; tank target; Acoustic scattering; Backscatter; Frequency; Information technology; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Radar cross section; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322358

Filename

322358