Direct and Inverse Methods in Radar Polarimetry

This foreword deals exclusively with the planning, organization, and execution of the Workshop's scientific as well as cultural programs. It is opened with a synopsis on how the global political changes that occurred immediately after the Workshop caused the ~elay in producing the proceedings, followed by a brief exposition on need, timeliness, and importance of this second ARW in the field of electromagnetic imaging, radar remote sensing, and target versus clutter di~rimination; and an outline of the objectives. An informal discussion about some of the organizational details, a retrospective summary of events, and a preview of the third workshop, planned for 1993 September 19-25, is intended to recapture the spirit of this second NATO Advanced Research Workshop (1988 September 18-24), and will reveal how successful it was in compar­ ison to the first of 1983 September 18-24, how its accomplishments may be appreciated and why a third and last workshop was requested by its participants to take place during 1993 September 19-25.

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Contents Part I Director's Foreword. Topic I. Basic Polarimetric Radar Theory. Topic II. Polarimetric Scattering Theories. Topic III. Polarimetric Metrology and Systems Calibration. Topic IV. Polarimetric Vector Signal Processing: Target vs. Clutter Discrimination. Contents Part II Topic V. Vector (Polarization) Diffraction Tomography and Environmental Sesing. Topic VI. Polarimetric Radar Systems Design and Operation. Topic VII. Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (POL-SAR) AND Inverse SAR (POL-ISAR) Systems. Topic VIII. Polarimetric Radar Meteorology and Oceanography. Topic IX. Final Reporting of Working Discussion Group Activities. Final Technical Program Outline. Keyword Index for Parts I and II. List of Abbreviations. Author Index.