Hybrid-Quadrature-Polarity SAR Architecture
Conference: EUSAR 2008 - 7th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/02/2008 - 06/05/2008 at Friedrichshafen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2008
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Raney, R. K. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)
Abstract:
Data products from a quadrature-polarized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) are fully characterized by Stokes parameters. In follows that choice of the polarization basis of both the transmitted and received EM fields has no impact on the measurement potential of the system. Hence the polarization plan can be selected to optimize the radar’s technical performance. The logical conclusion is that the radar should transmit circular polarization, and receive orthogonal linear polarizations - the hybrid-quadrature-polarity architecture.