Optimal Polarimetric Classification of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Targets

Sadjadi, Firooz A., Lockheed Martin Corp.

doi:10.1117/3.PM91.ch2

Book: Smart Imaging Systems

Editor(s): Bahram Javidi

Author(s): Firooz Sadjadi

Published: 2001

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.PM91.ch2

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Abstract

In this chapter, a new method for automatic target/object classification by using the optimum polarimetric radar signatures of the targets/objects of interest is presented. The state of the art in radar target recognition is based mostly on either the use of single polarimetric pairs or the four preset pairs of orthogonal polarimetric signatures. Because of these limitations, polarimetric radar processing has been fruitful only in the area of noise suppression and target detection.