An application example of Cloude approach in radar polarimetry

Author

Guissard, A. ; Robin, E. ; Fernandez, J.L.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Telecommun. et Teledetection, Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug. 1994

Firstpage

1136

Abstract

Polarimetric radars provide a complete information on the scattering matrix of observed targets. In remote sensing applications, where the targets are random, the Stokes parameters and associated Mueller matrix are the most used tools. Among the various methods proposed for extracting the information, the target vector and its associated covariance matrix appear quite promising. It is applied in this article to data collected over the Freibourg test site, with the JPL airborne SAR, during the MAESTRO campaign of 1989 in Europe.

Keywords

S-matrix theory; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Cloude approach; Europe; Freibourg test site; Kennaugh matrix; MAESTRO campaign; Mueller matrix; S-matrix theory; Stokes parameters; airborne SAR; covariance matrix; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering backscatter; scattering matrix; target; target vector; terrain mapping; Covariance matrix; Data mining; Electromagnetic scattering; Europe; Matrix decomposition; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Stokes parameters; Symmetric matrices; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399365

Filename

399365