Transpolarizing trihedral measurement using UPC X-band GB-SAR

Author

Ferrer, Pere J. ; Romeu, Jordi ; González-Arbesú, José M. ; Aguasca, Albert ; Pipia, Luca ; López-Martínez, Carlos ; Fàbregas, Xavier

Author_Institution

Signal Theor. & Commun. Dept. (TSC), Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

The use of a transpolarizing surface placed on one side of a trihedral corner reflector (TCR) as polarimetric calibrator is presented in this paper. The transpolarizing-TCR presents a high back-scattered cross-polar response. This structure has been tested at 9.65 GHz (X-band) with the help of the UPC GB-SAR system.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; UPC X-band GB-SAR; frequency 9.65 GHz; high back-scattered cross-polar response; polarimetric calibrator; transpolarizing surface; transpolarizing trihedral measurement; trihedral corner reflector; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Calibration; Corrugated surfaces; Fabrication; Laboratories; Polarization; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Sampling methods; Polarimetric calibration; transpolarization; trihedral corner reflector; twist reflector;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3394-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417444

Filename

5417444