Title :
The scattering fields of 2-D sea fractal surface with finite conductivity illuminated by ellipse polarization wave. Part two. Scattering matrix and numerical results
Author :
Tao, Xie ; He, Yijun ; Li, Binhong ; Chen, WenJun
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Oceanol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Qingdao, China
Abstract :
The scattering fields of 2D sea fractal surface with finite conductivity illuminated by ellipse polarization wave in Cartesian coordinate system have been evaluated in part one. We derive here the relation expression between scattering fields and d illumination fields with 3×3 matrix in local coordinate system. The radar cross section (RCS) on different polarization is obtained and numerically simulated. It shows that the results of our scattering model are in agreement with those of other literatures for some special case. We get some conclusions: (1) valued of radar cross sections of cross polarization (VH and HV) are less than those of co-polarization (VV and HH) but cannot be neglected; (2) when the incidence angle θ1, and the scattering angle θ2 are determined, the angle of the scattering plane out of the illuminating plane θ3 varies from 0° to 180°, different relations among θ1, θ2 and θ3 in different relationships between σvs,vt0, σhδ,hi0 and σvδ,hi0, σhδ,vi0 are derived, we can use these inequalities to predict the critical angle θ3 where the relation between RCS of VV and HH,VH and HV polarization will exchange, respectively; (3) the effects of depolarization can be neglected though we derived the expressions for them.
Keywords :
backscatter; data acquisition; geophysical signal processing; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; 2D sea fractal surface scattering field; Cartesian coordinate system; copolarization; critical angle prediction; cross polarization; depolarization; ellipse polarization wave; finite conductivity illumination; numerical result; radar cross section; relation expression derivation; scattering matrix; scattering model; Antenna measurements; Conductivity; Fractals; Polarization; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369878