Calibration of ALOS/PALSAR polarimetric data affected by Faraday rotation

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3369-3372

  Kimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calibration; Faraday rotation; Polarization orientation angle shift; Quegan method; Radar Polarimetry; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROTATION;

FARADAY ROTATION; POLARIZATION ORIENTATION ANGLE SHIFT; QUEGAN METHOD; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33745698431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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