Detection, Estimation and Correction of Faraday Rotation in Linearly Polarized SAR Backscatter Signatures

The effect of Faraday rotation on linearly polarized backscatter measurements from space is addressed.

[1]  W. B. Gail.  A simplified calibration technique for polarimetric radars , 1993, Proceedings of IGARSS '93 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.

[2]  K. Bowles.  Profiles of electron density over the magnetic equator obtained using the incoherent scatter technique , 1963 .

[3]  O. K. Garriott,et al.  Observations of ionospheric electron content using a geostationary satellite , 1965 .

[4]  H. F. Lenzing,et al.  Ionosphere-induced cross polarization of circularly polarized UHF propagation , 1991 .

[5]  J. Klobuchar,et al.  Traveling ionospheric disturbances observed in digitized polarimeter data , 1996 .

[6]  R. Ezquer,et al.  Predicted and measured total electron content at both peaks of the equatorial anomaly , 1994 .

[7]  W. B. Gail,et al.  Effect of Faraday rotation on polarimetric SAR , 1998 .

[8]  S. Quegan,et al.  Ionospheric and tropospheric effects on synthetic aperture radar performance , 1986 .

[9]  Thuy Le Toan,et al.  Dependence of radar backscatter on coniferous forest biomass , 1992, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[10]  R. Bates,et al.  Effects of magneto-ionic propagation on the polarization scattering matrix , 1965 .

[11]  J. Titheridge,et al.  DETERMINATION OF IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT FROM THE FARADAY ROTATION OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SIGNALS. , 1972 .

[12]  Jakob J. van Zyl,et al.  Calibration of Stokes and scattering matrix format polarimetric SAR data , 1992, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[13]  R. Hunsucker.  Auroral and polar-cap ionospheric effects on radio propagation , 1992 .

[14]  Anthony Freeman,et al.  SAR calibration: an overview , 1992, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[15]  Stephen L. Durden,et al.  A three-component scattering model for polarimetric SAR data , 1998, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[16]  R. Ezquer,et al.  Ionospheric predictions for South American latitudes , 1996 .

[17]  Kamal Sarabandi,et al.  SIR-C data quality and calibration results , 1995, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[18]  Fuk K. Li,et al.  Symmetry properties in polarimetric remote sensing , 1992 .

[19]  Jakob J. van Zyl,et al.  Spaceborne applications of P band imaging radars for measuring forest biomass , 1995, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[20]  Thuy Le Toan,et al.  Relating forest biomass to SAR data , 1992, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..