Polarimetric radar imaging : from basics to applications

Overview of Polarimetric Radar Imaging Brief History of Polarimetric Radar Imaging SAR Image Formation: Summary Airborne and Space-Borne PolSAR Systems Description of the Remaining Chapters Electromagnetic Vector Wave and Polarization Descriptors Monochromatic Electromagnetic Plane Wave Polarization Ellipse Jones Vector Stokes Vector Wave Covariance Matrix Electromagnetic Vector Scattering Operators Polarimetric Back Scattering Sinclair S Matrix Scattering Target Vectors k and Omega Polarimetric Coherency T and Covariance C Matrices Polarimetric Mueller M and Kennaugh K Matrices Change of Polarimetric Basis Target Polarimetric Characterization PolSAR Speckle Statistics Fundamental Property of Speckle in SAR…