This paper is devoted to the experimental quantitative characterization of the shape and orientation distribution of ice particles in clouds. The characterization is based on measured and modeled elevation dependencies of the polarimetric parameters differential reflectivity and correlation coefficient. The polarimetric data are obtained using a newly developed 35 GHz cloud radar MIRA-35 with h...

We explore a set of polarimetric radar data and rain gauge readings collected in the Midwestern US over several months, while aiming to improve existing rainfall prediction techniques with various supervised learning algorithms.1 We explore preprocessing techniques and evaluate Linear Regression and Feedforward Neural Networks models of summarized data against the Marshall-Palmer baseline.

Polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) has played more and more important roles in earth observation. Polarimetric SAR image classification is one of the key problems in the PolSAR image interpretation. In this paper, based on the scattering properties of fully polarimetric SAR data, combing the statistical characteristics and neighborhood information, an efficient unsupervised method of fully polarimetric ...

Among the planned upgrades for the NEXRAD network of weather surveillance radars are superresolution (1/4 km reflectivity and 0.5 deg radials) and polarimetric capabilities. In either case, keeping current update times (i.e., same antenna rotation rates) results in meteorological variable estimators with unacceptable large errors. A family of methods to reduce errors in estimates of spectral mo...

Among the several applications that will take advantage of the newly available data from the ALOS PALSAR instrument, considerable interest is in the peculiar features that derive from the penetration and polarimetric capabilities of the system. These capabilities, new for a single spaceborne sensor, need specific software tools for the processing of the different acquisition modes. This paper p...

Abstract On the basis of fully polarimetric 35 GHz data, several detection schemes for the discrimination of small maritime targets against sea clutter were implemented and compared to each other. Single channel detection performance is compared to that of the “optimal polarimetric detector” and the “polarimetric matched filter”, the advantage of using polarimetry is demonstrated. These well-kn...

Radar Polarimetry Radar Interferometry and Polarimetric SAR Interferometry represent the current culmination in ‘Microwave Remote Sensing’ technology, but we still need to progress very considerably in order to reach the limits of physical realizability. Whereas with radar polarimetry the textural fine-structure, target orientation, symmetries and material constituents can be recovered with con...

Recent advances in polarimetric SAR show promise for augmenting the capability of traditional interferometric SAR. In particular, a polarimetric topography technique provides useful slope information, and polarimetric interferometry may be used to decompose the response into vegetation and ground surface contributions. Here we discuss an integrated approach that utilizes the combined capability...