Initial polarimetric results from the Ingara bistatic SAR experiment

Abstract

The application of polarimetric techniques to bistatic SAR data is a topic of current research interest. The Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation's Ingara multi-mode imaging radar system has previously collected a sizable set of X-band fine-resolution multi-polarimetric bistatic SAR data for research purposes. This paper presents results from a preliminary bistatic polarimetry investigation using the Ingara data which is based on an examination of the correlation between different polarisations: initial observations are presented of the scattering behaviour of a surface target over a wide range of bistatic geometries.