Discover the principles and techniques of remote sensing withpolarimetric radar
This book presents the principles central to understandingpolarized wave transmission, scattering, and reception incommunication systems and polarimetric and non-polarimetric radar.Readers gain new insight into the methods for remotely gatheringdata about the earth's surface and atmosphere with polarimetricsynthetic-aperture radar and polarimetric interferometry, includingthe changes that take place with seasons, floods, earthquakes, andother natural phenomena. In particular, with the book's focus onpolarimetric radars, readers discover how to exploit the manyspecial features of these systems, which provide the maximum amountof information that can be obtained remotely with radar.
Introductory-level coverage of electromagnetic wave propagation,antennas, radar and synthetic aperture radar, probability andrandom processes, and radar interferometry serves as a foundationfor advancing to more complex material. A more advancedmathematical and technical treatment enables readers to fully grasppolarized wave transmission, propagation, and reception incommunication systems and polarimetric-radar remote sensing.Readers will discover much new material in this text,including:
* Distinguishing between coherently-measured andincoherently-measured target matrices for power, recognizing thatthe two matrix types are not equivalent in representingtargets
* Removing unpolarized components from the scattered wave andderiving a target matrix for classification from the resultingcoherently-scattered wave
* Selecting an antenna polarization to maximize the contrastbetween desired and undesired depolarizing targets
Problems ranging in complexity from introductory to challengingare presented throughout the text.
Engineers will find this an ideal reference to help them fullyutilize the powerful capabilities of polarimetric radar. It willalso help agronomists, geographers, meteorologists, and otherscientists who use remotely obtained data about the earth toevaluate procedures and better interpret the data. The book canalso be tailored to both undergraduate and graduate courses inremote sensing, and recommendations are given for text materialsuitable for such courses.