A comprehensive resource on airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems, this book explains the theory, system design, hardware and software, and applications of airborne circularly polarized SAR in environmental monitoring and other uses.

Radar polarimetry has been highly sought after for its use in the precise monitoring of Earth's surface. Polarimetric SAR Imaging explains the basic concepts of polarimetry and its diverse applications including: deforestation, tree classification, landslide detection, tsunamis, volcano eruptions and ash distribution, snow accumulation, rice field monitoring, urban area exploration, ship detection, among other applications. The explanations use actual data sets taken by Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS and ALOS2). With the increasing problems presented by climate change, there is a...

Radar scattering and imaging of rough surfaces is an active interdisciplinary area of research with many practical applications in fields such as mineral and resource exploration, ocean and physical oceanography, military and national defense, planetary exploration, city planning and land use, environmental science, and many more. By focusing on the most advanced analytical and numerical modeling and describing both forward and inverse modeling, Radar Scattering and Imaging of Rough Surfaces: Modeling and Applications with MATLAB® connects the scattering process to imaging techniques by...

This book is based on authors’ extensive involvement in large-scale radar mapping projects, targeting the health of an important earth ecosystem, tropical forests. It highlights past achievements, explains the underlying physics that allow the radar practitioners to understand what radars image, and paves the way for future developments.