Analysis of the Effect of the Incidence Angle on PolSAR Ship Scattering

This study investigates the behavior of polarimetric scattering from ships for varying incidence angles using a time series of full-polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery. The time series of PolSAR imagery consists of L-band airborne UAVSAR overpasses over a moving fishing ship imaged at different incidence angles. The experimental analysis consists of discussing the behavior of multi-polarization backscattering and polarimetric features associated to the ship scattering mechanisms at variance of the incidence angle. Preliminary results show that incidence angle affects both the intensity of the backscattering signals and polSAR features. The experimental analysis consists of discussing the behavior of multi-polarization backscattering and polarimetric features associated to the ship scattering mechanisms at variance of the incidence angle. Preliminary results show that incidence angle affects both the intensity of the backscattering signals and polSAR features.