EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF INFORMATIVITY OF ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING OBJECTS’ POLARIZATION TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS

A.V. Popov

Main known theorems for decomposing active aerospace remote sensing objects’ polarization properties and the objects’ polarization signatures derived on the basis of the decomposition theorems are viewed. An analysis of experimental data received by the author is carried out on the grounds of the information-theoretic distinguishability criteria for classes of objects. It is shown that for recognizing active remote sensing objects the invariant polarization transfer characteristics derived using operational coherent decomposition of the polarization scattering matrix are the most informative.

Key words: remote sensing, polarization scattering matrix, decomposition, polarization transfer characteristic, objects distinguishability, recognition