Polarimetric Principles and Techniques

Abstract

This memorandum outlines the mathematical formulation of a polarimetric theory for radar scattering. The emphasis is placed on physical interpretation of some fundamental results from the theory of nonsingular linear transformations and the general scattering problem treated as a geometrical transformation on the Poincare' sphere. An introduction to second order statistical effects in polarimetric scattering is also provided via the coherency matrix and Stokes vector. The matrix governing transformation of these second order parameters is related to the elements of the coherent scattering matrix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA139252

Entities

People

  • S. R. Cloude

Organizations

  • Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Coherent Scattering
  • Doppler Effect
  • Eigenvalues
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Line Of Sight
  • Linear Polarization
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Numbers
  • Polarization
  • Radar
  • Radar Targets
  • Scattering
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Linear Algebra
  • Radar Systems Engineering.