Bias incopolar correlation coefficient caused by antenna radiation patterns

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2274-2280

  Galletti, Michele ^a   Zrnic, Dusan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation pattern; copolar correlation coefficient; copolar radiation pattern; cross channel coupling; cross polar radiation pattern; polarimetric phased array weather radar; radar polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; COPOLAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COPOLAR RADIATION PATTERN; CROSS-CHANNEL COUPLING; CROSS-POLAR RADIATION PATTERN; PHASED ARRAYS; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

ANTENNAS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADIATION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ANTENNA; CORRELATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 79957666675     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2095019     Document Type: Article

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