Title :
On the relationship between the Mueller and the scattering matrices
Author :
Aquilino, Elisa ; Alvarez, Jose Luis ; Chandra, Madhu ; Migliaccio, Maurizio
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica, Cagliari Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Radar polarimetry has gained more and more popularity in microwave remote sensing of the environment due to the progresses made on the technological and physical sides. In this paper a study on the relationship between the Mueller matrix and the scattering matrix is presented. The study is based on the group theory approach
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave scattering; group theory; matrix algebra; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; Mueller matrix; environment; group theory approach; microwave remote sensing; radar polarimetry; scattering matrix; Earth; Ecosystems; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic scattering; Microwave technology; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978075
