Title :
Polarimetric calibration — a comparison of different approaches
Author :
Schimpf, Hartmut ; Fuchs, Hans-Hellmuth
Author_Institution :
Forschungsinst. fur Hochfrequenzphys. und Radartech., FGAN, Wachtberg
Abstract :
Polarimetric calibration is performed by applying distortion matrices acting on transmit and receive. Two different approaches to determine these distortion matrices are compared to each other, a statistical one, and an approach that uses radar reflectors. The effect of polarimetric calibration is demonstrated by means of two examples pertaining to polarimetric detection, and to feature based target recognition.
Keywords :
calibration; radar detection; radar polarimetry; Polarimetric Calibration; distortion matrices; feature based target recognition; polarimetric detection; radar reflectors; Calibration; Distortion measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Polarization; Pulse measurements; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Symposium, 2008 International
Conference_Location :
Wroclaw
Print_ISBN :
978-83-7207-757-8
DOI :
10.1109/IRS.2008.4585734
