Title :
Basics and first experiments demonstrating isolation improvements in the agile polarimetric FM-CW radar — PARSAX
Author :
Krasnov, Oleg A. ; Babur, Galina P. ; Ligthart, Leo P. ; Van der Zwan, Fred
Author_Institution :
Int. Res. Centre for Telecommun. & Radar (IRCTR), Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
fDate :
Sept. 30 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Abstract :
The article describes the IRCTR PARSAX radar system, the fully polarimetric FM-CW radar with dualorthogonal sounding signals, which has the possibility to measure all elements of the radar targets polarization scattering matrix simultaneously, in one sweep.
Keywords :
CW radar; FM radar; S-matrix theory; electromagnetic wave polarisation; radar polarimetry; radar signal processing; IRCTR PARSAX radar system; agile polarimetric FM-CW radar; dualorthogonal sounding signal; isolation improvement; radar target polarization scattering matrix; Acoustic scattering; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Radar signal processing; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2009. EuRAD 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4747-3
