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Scattering simulation for inhomogeneous layered canopy and random targets beneath canopies by using the Mueller matrix solution of the pulse radiative transfer
Author(s) -
Jin YaQiu,
Chen Fei
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/2002rs002858
Subject(s) - scattering , mueller calculus , radiative transfer , pulse (music) , polarimetry , matrix (chemical analysis) , optics , physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , computational physics , materials science , chemistry , detector , composite material
The Mueller matrix solution of vector radiative transfer for inhomogeneous random media of nonspherical scatterers under a pulse incidence is presented. Copolarized and cross‐polarized bistatic scattering echoes can be numerically simulated. Temporally varying echoes well demonstrate volumetric and surface scattering mechanism and depict the inhomogeneous fraction profile of random scatterers. The effective height of inhomogeneous canopy inverted from the pulse echoes is discussed. Pulse echo patterns are also numerically simulated for polarimetric scattering from the model of random metal targets beneath the layered vegetation canopies.