Buried object characterization via ground-penetrating radar and Huynen polarimetric parameters

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Sadjadi, Firooz A ^a   Chun, Cornell S L ^b   Sullivan, Anders ^c   Gaunaurd, Guillermo C ^c  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Physics Innovations Inc   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Ground penetrating radar; Huynen parameters; Method of moments; Mueller matrix; Polarimetric radar

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POLARIMETERS;

BURIED OBJECT CHARACTERIZATION; HUYNEN PARAMETERS; MUELLER MATRIX; POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 33747614588     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2148940     Document Type: Article

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