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Polarimetric SAR - target decomposition
Decomposes backscatter into scattering mechanisms (surface, double-bounce, volume) using multi-polarisation data; good for forest structure estimation, urban mapping, and soil moisture retrieval.
Uses coherence or covariance matrix decomposition (Pauli, Freeman-Durden, Cloude-Pottier). Requires fully polarimetric (quad-pol) acquisition, which most operational sensors do not acquire by default. Wikipedia: Synthetic-aperture radar
Sources
- [1]Wikipedia: Synthetic-aperture radarcommunity2026-05-22
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