Open AccessThe influence of antenna pattern on Faraday rotation in remote sensing at L-band
Author(s) -
D. M. Le Vine,
S. Abraham,
S. D. Jacob,
E. Dinnat,
P. de Matthaeis
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
2007 ieee international geoscience and remote sensing symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2153-7003
pISSN - 2153-6996
DOI - 10.1109/igarss.2007.4422774
Subject(s) - geoscience , signal processing and analysis
The influence of the antenna pattern on measured Faraday rotation is examined in the context of passive remote sensing at L-band. It is shown that while I = Tv + Th is independent of Faraday rotation to first order, I has rotation dependence when realistic antenna patterns are included in the analysis. Also, it is shown that the angle retrieved from the 3 rd Stokes parameter can be biased relative to Faraday rotation at boresight.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom