Radar technology is increasingly being used to monitor the environment. This monograph provides a review of polarimetric radar techniques for remote sensing. The first four chapters cover the basics of mathematical, statistical modelling as well as physical modelling ba
Scope of the Subject.- Description of the research program.- Outline of the monograph.- An Introduction to Mathematical and Physical Modelling of Microwave Scattering and Polarimetric Remote Sensing.- to Inverse Radar Scattering Problems.- Description of Remote Sensing by Radar Polarimetry.- Physical and Mathematical Modelling.- Summary of Available Scattering Methods.- Diagnostics of the Earth’s Environment Using Polarimetric Radar Monitoring: Formulation and Potential Applications.- Basic Mathematical Modelling for Random Environments.- Review of Vegetation Models.- Electrodynamic and Physical Characteristics of the Earth’s Surfaces.- Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves from Non-Uniform Layered Structures.- Radiowave Reflection from Structures with Internal Ruptures.- Scattering of Waves by a Layer with a Rough Boundary.- Polarimetric Methods for Measuring Permittivity Characteristics of the Earth’s Surface.- Implementing Solutions to Inverse Scattering Problems: Signal Processing & Applications.- Concluding Remarks.- Review of Potential Applications of Radar Polarimetry.- Historical Development of Radar Polarimetry in Russia.