Imaging Radar Polarimetric Rotation Domain Interpretation: Theory and Applications

Polarimetric rotation domain interpretation is an innovation in radar image processing and understanding. Orientation rotation is a basic operator well known in the classic polarimetry theory, and significant advancement has been made in recent years. This book presents new and advanced concepts, theories, and methodologies in radar polarimetry and bridges the gaps between target scattering diversity, polarimetric radar data, and their practical applications. It provides a comprehensive summarization and investigation of polarimetric rotation domain features and demonstrates novel applications of polarimetric radar target detection, classification, target structure recognition, and urban damage mapping.

FEATURES

• Focuses on basic concepts, key techniques, and various applications of the polarimetric rotation domain interpretation paradigm for the first time in book form
• Explains, represents, and utilizes the radar target scattering diversity effect
• Identifies new methods for target polarimetric scattering mechanism understanding
• Provides a comprehensive investigation of polarimetric roll-invariant features
• Includes novel application developments for imaging radar target detection, structure recognition, and damage mapping

This book is written for researchers and professionals in radar polarimetry, radar imaging, microwave remote sensing, environmental studies, and other related fields. Senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as teachers in the same fields, will benefit from the advancements highlighted in this book.

Si-Wei Chen is a Professor with the National University of Defense Technology in China. His research interests include radar polarimetry, imaging radar and machine learning. He has published more than 110 papers, coauthored 15 patents and a monograph. He was the recipient of the IEEE GRSS Early Career Award, the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Excellent Young Scholars. He won the Second Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology and the First Prize of the Natural Science Award from Hunan Province of China. He is an Editorial Board Member of six journals.