TARGET SPINOR CALIBRATION (TSC) FOR POLARIMETRIC RADAR CROSS-SECTION MEASUREMENTS

Authors
FABREGAS X ROMEU J BROQUETAS A JOFRE L
Citation
X. Fabregas et al., TARGET SPINOR CALIBRATION (TSC) FOR POLARIMETRIC RADAR CROSS-SECTION MEASUREMENTS, Electronics Letters, 31(19), 1995, pp. 1694-1695
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
19
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1694 - 1695
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:19<1694:TSC(FP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A new polarimetric calibration method is proposed based on scattering matrix decomposition, via Pauli matrices. This scheme operates with th e Pauli target vectors instead of the scattering matrix. The base elem ents of the Pauli target vectors are the vectors corresponding to the usual calibrators such as sphere, dihedral and 45 degrees rotated dihe dral. This fact allows direct and easy calculation of the error coeffi cients. An experimental validation of this method is presented.