Publication Date:
2015-05-10
Description:
The paper presents a case study of inconsistent behaviour of Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR and LRO Mini-RF data over south polar lunar craters. The paper includes analysis of Stokes parameters and characterization of received time-varying electromagnetic fields over the south pole lunar craters. For the study, Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR and LRO Mini-RF data at 2.38 GHz are used. Total five lunar craters in south polar region are analyzed to study the effect of various parameters on the polarization of the signal. We have compared linear horizontal (LH) and linear vertical (LV) polarization components of received radar signal over the same targets using two different SAR data. Ratios of received LH to LV components are also derived over the five craters. It is observed that Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR is receiving high LH component as compared to LV component. This is not consistent with the scattering theory (Fawwaz et al. in Microwave remote sensing active and passive, Artech House Inc., New York, 1981 ), which states that for incidence angle greater than 15°, the vertical polarized component of a received signal should be always high as compared to horizontal polarized component over rough surfaces. These inconsistent results of Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR are observed over all five craters. In the paper, various effects of sensor parameters like incident angle, ellipticity angle, orientation angle etc. on scattering mechanism are discussed to understand the inconsistent behaviour of two SAR data over same target.
Print ISSN:
0167-9295
Electronic ISSN:
1573-0794
Topics:
Geosciences
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Physics
