The Scattering Polarimetric Response Contrast Between Wind-generated Rough Sea Surfaces

摘要

Polarimetry for SAR applications is an excellent techological method to extract more information about wind-generated rough sea surface according to the scattering mechanisms. With the uses of the scatter matrix, i.e. Mueller matrix, and Stokes vector operator, the paper describes a comparison between the polarimetric responses of two types of wind generated sea surface offshore Baogang, Hainan Province. It gives representative results for the polarimetric response of backscattering electromagnetic field from the rough sea surface and the characteristics of Mueller matrices traces.