Imaging Radar Polarimetry: A Review

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1583-1606

  Zebker, Howard A ^a   Van Zyl, Jakob J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH - REMOTE SENSING; MICROWAVES - POLARIZATION; RADAR - MEASUREMENT APPLICATION;

POLARIMETRIC SIGNALS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0026254851     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.118982     Document Type: Article

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