Direct and Inverse Methods in Radar Polarimetry: Part 1

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Historical Development of Radar Polarimetry, Incentives for This Workshop, and Overview of Contributions to These Proceedings....Pages 1-32
Polarization in Nature....Pages 33-44
Review of Past and Current Research in the USSR on the Fundamentals and Basics of Radar Polarimetry and High Resolution Radar Imaging....Pages 45-59
Applying the Polarization Selection Techniques to Meteorologic and Oceanographic Radar Remote Sensing (Review of Soviet Studies)....Pages 61-83
Meteorologic Radar Polarimetry in North America During 1950–1991....Pages 85-97
Comparison of Fundamental Approaches to Radar Polarimetry....Pages 99-116
Definitions of Polarization in Radar....Pages 117-153
Basic Concepts of Radar Polarimetry....Pages 155-245
An Alternative Approach to Foundations of Radar Polarimetry....Pages 247-266
Uniqueness of Target Decomposition Theorems in Radar Polarimetry....Pages 267-296
Determination of the Characteristic Polarization States of the Radar Target Scattering Matrix [S(AB)] for the Coherent, Monostatic and Reciprocal Propagation Space Using the Polarization Ratio ρ Transformation Formulation....Pages 297-349
Comments on Target Decomposition Theorems....Pages 351-385
T-Pulse for Exciting Single Modes of Radar Targets....Pages 387-399
SEM and EEM Scattering Matrices, and Time-Domain Scatterer Polarization in the Scattering Residue Matrix....Pages 401-425
Transient Polarization....Pages 427-486
Physical Optics Polarization Correction of Backscattering From Conducting Smooth Surfaces....Pages 487-501
Polarization Correction and Extension of the Kennaugh-Cosgriff Target-Ramp Response Equation to the Bi-Static Case and Applications to Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering....Pages 503-516
Interpretation of the Physical Optics Approximation in the Time Domain for the Bistatic Case....Pages 517-535
Inverse GTD via Polarimetric Linear Prediction....Pages 537-544
A Validation Analysis of Huynen’s Target-Descriptor Interpretations of the Mueller Matrix Elements in Polarimetric Radar Returns Using Kennaugh’s Physical Optics Impulse Response Formulation....Pages 545-554
Theory and Measurement of Surface-Torsion....Pages 555-579
The Solution of Scattering and Radiation Problems for Complex Configurations Based on 3-D Grid and Patch Models....Pages 581-623
Properties of Scattering Matrix Statistics: Improved Polarization Detection and Discrimination Algorithms for Pol-Rad (Target Radio-Location) Applications....Pages 625-674
Optimal Polarizations for Reciprocal Random Targets....Pages 675-691
A Polarimetric Model for Multi-Path Imaging/Identification Analysis Using Poly-Static (Bi-Static Plus Mono-Static) Scattering Matrix Data....Pages 693-706
Basic Polarimetric Measurements on Monostatic or Bistatic Radar Images....Pages 707-738
Measurement and Analysis in Radar Polarimetry....Pages 739-772
A Complete Error Model for Polarimetric RCS- and Antenna Measurements....Pages 773-791
An Efficient Calibration Scheme for the Four-Detector Photopolarimeter Using a Rotating Quarter-Wave Retarder....Pages 793-807
Polarization State Measurements Derived from a General Six-Port Analyzer: A Theoretical and Experimental Approach....Pages 809-818
Understanding Reciprocity in Radar Polarimetry....Pages 819-827
Assessment of Calibration Procedures for Polarimetric Radars....Pages 829-844
Polarimetric Target and Clutter Scattering Matrix Measurements at cm to sub-mm Wavelengths....Pages 845-860
Polarimetric Calibration and Remote Sensing Applications Using an X-C-L-Band SAR....Pages 861-876
Polarization Calibration Considerations for Rough Surface Incoherent Backscattering of Spherical Waves....Pages 877-898
Polarimetric Signal Processing Techniques....Pages 899-907
Polarization Radar Signal Description: Modelling and Processing of Polarimetric Pulse Radar Data....Pages 909-938
The Four-Dimensional Sphere Application to the Representation and Analysis of Partially Polarized Electromagnetic Waves....Pages 939-959
Weibull Distribution in Radar Polarimetry....Pages 961-975
On Adaptive Radar Polarimetry: Concepts of Implementation....Pages 977-988
A Proposed Polarimetric CFAR-Detector and an Analysis of its Operation....Pages 989-998
Polarimetric Radar Stationary Target/Clutter Discrimination Techniques....Pages 999-1010
Target Detection and Classification with Polarimetric High Range Resolution Radar....Pages 1011-1019
Plasma Resonance Effects in Radar Backscattering from Meteor Trails as Studied by the Scattering Matrix Method....Pages 1021-1041
Formulation of Scattering Matrix for Electromagnetic Waves under Non-Linear Transformation: Non-Linear Oxidized Metal Junction Higher Harmonics Reradiation Effects....Pages 1043-1056
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