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The book begins with basics of synthetic aperture radar to provide the basis for understanding how polarimetric SAR images are formed and gives an introduction to the fundamentals of radar polarimetry. It goes on to discuss more advanced polarimetric concepts that allow one to infer more information about the terrain being imaged. In order to analyze data quantitatively, the signals must be calibrated carefully, which the book addresses in a chapter summarizing the basic calibration algorithms. The book concludes with examples of applying polarimetric analysis to scattering from rough surfaces, to infer soil moisture from radar signals.
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YUNJIN KIM, PhD, has been with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and¿California Institute of Technology since 1989. He has contributed to the development of several radar systems, such as SIR-C, AIRSAR, GeoSAR, and SRTM. Currently, Dr. Kim is the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) project manager. He is the author of two book chapters, more than twenty peer-reviewed articles, and more than seventy conference publications.
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Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Authors xix
1. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging Basics 1
1.1 Basic Principles of Radar Imaging 2
1.2 Radar Resolution 6
1.3 Radar Equation 10
1.4 Real Aperture Radar 11
1.5 Synthetic Aperture Radar 13
1.6 Radar Image Artifacts and Noise 16
1.7 Summary 22
References 22
2. Basic Principles of SAR Polarimetry 23
2.1 Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves 23
2.2 Mathematical Representations of Scatterers 27
2.3 Implementation of a Radar Polarimeter 32
2.4 Polarization Response 34
2.5 Optimum Polarizations 53
2.6 Contrast Enhancement 65
2.7 Summary 71
References 71
3. Advanced Polarimetric Concepts 73
3.1 Vector-Matrix Duality of Scatterer Representation 73
3.2 Eigenvalue- and Eigenvector-Based Polarimetric Parameters 76
3.3 Decomposition of Polarimetric Scattering 88
3.4 Image Classification 125
3.5 Polarimetric SAR Interferometry 135
3.6 Summary 141
References 141
4. Polarimetric SAR Calibration 145
4.1 Polarimetric Radar System Model 145
4.2 Cross Talk Estimation and Removal 152
4.3 Copolarized Channel Imbalance Calibration 161
4.4 Absolute Radiometric Calibration 166
4.5 Faraday Rotation 177
4.6 Summary 179
References 180
5. Applications: Measurement of Surface Soil Moisture 182
5.1 Surface Electrical and Geometrical Properties 183
5.2 Scattering from Bare Rough Surfaces 196
5.3 Example Bare Surface Soil Moisture Inversion Models 201
5.4 Comparison of the Performance of Bare Surface Inversion Models 211
5.5 Parameterizing Scattering Models 216
5.6 Inverting the IEM Model 222
5.7 Scattering from Vegetated Terrain 225
5.8 Simulation Results 239
5.9 Time Series Estimation of Soil Moisture 252
5.10 Summary 257
References 258
Appendixes
A. Tilted Small Perturbation Model Details 262
B. Bistatic Scattering Matrix of a Cylinder with Arbitrary Orientation 267
C. Nomenclature 276
Index 279
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“It is also an ideal reference for radar remote sensing researchers, engineers and practitioners in the aerospace industry.” (Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 1 August 2013)