Compact Polarimetric Stokes Parameter Generation Operator

This operator computes the following Stokes child parameters:

degree of polarization
degree of depolarization
degree of circularity
degree of ellipticity
circular polarization ratio
linear polarization ratio
linear relative phase
alphas
conformity coefficient

Input and Output

The input to this operator should be a simulated compact polarimetric SAR product in complex scattering vector or complex covariance matrix format.
The output of this operator can be Stokes vector and user selected Stokes child parameters.

Parameters Used

The following processing parameters are needed (see Figure 1):

Window Size X: X dimension of the sliding window used in computing the mean covariance matrix
Window Size Y: Y dimension of the sliding window used in computing the mean covariance matrix
Stokes vector check box
degree of polarization check box
degree of depolarization check box
degree of circularity check box
degree of ellipticity check box
circular polarization ratio check box
linear polarization ratio check box
linear relative phase check box
alphas check box
conformity coefficient check box

Figure 1. Dialog box for Compact Polarimetric Stokes Parameter Generation operator

Reference:

[1] R. K. Raney, P. Spudis, B. Bussey, J. R. Jensen, B. Marinelli, P. McKerracher, R. Schulze, H. Sequeira, and H. Winters, "Compact Polarimetry at the Moon: The Mini-RF Radars", POLinSAR, Frascati, Italy, 24-29 Jan. 2011.
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