Title :
Compensation of Faraday Rotation in Multi-Polarization Scatterometry
Author :
Frankford, M.T. ; Johnson, J.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Electroscience Lab., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
Abstract :
The effects of Faraday rotation on spaceborne polarimetric scatterometers are discussed. A method of exploiting an estimate of the Faraday rotation angle to retrieve co-cross polarization is outlined.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; Global Positioning System; Monte Carlo methods; ionosphere; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; spaceborne radar; Faraday rotation effects; Global Positioning System; Monte Carlo simulation; co-cross polarization; instrument measurement errors; ionospheric parameter; multi-polarization scatterometry; spaceborne polarimetric scatterometers; total electron content forecasts; Equations; Geophysical measurements; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Rotation measurement; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Wind speed; Faraday rotation; polarimetric; scatterometry; spaceborne; two-scale model;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778954
