Mathematical And Physical Modelling Of Microwave Scattering And Polarimetric Remote Sensing: Monitoring The Earth’s Environment Using Polarimetric Radar: Formulation And Potential Applications

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 Based On Radiowave Scattering Theory. The Subsequent Eight Chapters Summarize Applications Of Polarimetric Radar Monitoring For Various Types Of Earth Environments, Including Vegetation And Oceans. The Last Two Chapters Provide A Summary Of Western As Well As Former Soviet Union Knowledge And The Outlook. This Monograph Is Of Value To Students, Scientists And Engineers Involved In Remote Sensing Development And Applications In Particular For Environmental Monitoring. booknews in 1994, An International Research Program On Earth Observation Began Using Polarization Radar Between The International Research Centre For Telecommunications-transmission And Radar (irctr) Of Delft University Of Technology And The Moscow State Technical University Of Civil Aviation (mstuca). In This Summary Of The Program, The Authors Review Available Polarimetric Radar Techniques For Solving Practical Inverse Problems In Remote Sensing Of Various Types Of Scatterers On The Earth's Surface. Coverage Includes An Introduction To Mathematical And Physical Modelling Of Microwave Scattering For Remote Sensing With Use Of Polarimetry, Applications Of Polarimetric Radar Monitoring For Various Types Of Earth Environments, And Applications And Potentials Of Radar Polarimetry. Kozlov And Logvin Are With Mstuca; Ligthart Is With Irctr. There Is No Subject Index. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) Scope of the Subject....Pages xix-xix Description of the research program....Pages xix-xxi Outline of the monograph....Pages xxi-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Inverse Radar Scattering Problems....Pages 3-12 Description of Remote Sensing by Radar Polarimetry....Pages 13-41 Physical and Mathematical Modelling....Pages 43-67 Summary of Available Scattering Methods....Pages 69-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Basic Mathematical Modelling for Random Environments....Pages 111-153 Review of Vegetation Models....Pages 155-182 Electrodynamic and Physical Characteristics of the Earth’s Surfaces....Pages 183-210 Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves from Non-Uniform Layered Structures....Pages 211-259 Radiowave Reflection from Structures with Internal Ruptures....Pages 261-286 Scattering of Waves by a Layer with a Rough Boundary....Pages 287-307 Polarimetric Methods for Measuring Permittivity Characteristics of the Earth’s Surface....Pages 309-320 Implementing Solutions to Inverse Scattering Problems: Signal Processing & Applications....Pages 321-346 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Review of Potential Applications of Radar Polarimetry....Pages 349-359 Historical Development of Radar Polarimetry in Russia....Pages 361-371