Title :
Characterization and Recognition of Bistatic Polarimetric Mechanisms
Author :
Titin-Schnaider, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagn. & Radar, Office Nat. d´Etudes et de Rech. Aerospatiales, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Our final objective is the automatic recognition of targets from full-polarimetric bistatic synthetic aperture radar images. To this end, the theories of Huynen and Cameron are generalized to bistatic radar scattering, and their respective characteristic parameters are compared. We have then studied first how to characterize and compare bistatic mechanisms free from physical rotations and second how to build “coherent” reference memories. Two algorithms are proposed and tested.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave scattering; object recognition; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; Huynen-Cameron theory; automatic target recognition; bistatic radar scattering; polarimetric bistatic SAR image; synthetic aperture radar; Character recognition; Electromagnetic scattering; Symmetric matrices; Synthetic aperture radar; Target recognition; Vectors; Bistatic scattering; characteristic parameters; radar polarimetry; recognition; reference memory;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2012.2208118
