Comparison of coherent and noncoherent polarimetric radar measurement techniques at 95 GHz

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-333

  Mead, James B ^a,b   Pazmany, Andrew L ^a,b   Chang, Paul S ^a,b   McIntosh, Robert E ^a,b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POLARIMETERS; TRANSMITTERS; COHERENT SCATTERING; ERRORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; POLARIZATION; RADAR; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

COHERENT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; MUELLER MATRIX; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAPID DECORRELATION; STOKES VECTORS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

COHERENT MEASUREMENT; COMPLEX SCATTERING MATRIX; MEASUREMENTS OF; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; MULTIPLE POLARIZATIONS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; SCATTERED SIGNALS;

EID: 0030108563     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS03597     Document Type: Article

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