Analysis of full and hybrid polarimetric based descriptors for different land features

The objective of this paper study is to understand the land use land cover type information using C-band RADARSAT-2 data in quad pol and simulated hybrid pol mode. A quad-pol RADARSAT-2 image was used to simulate right circular hybrid polarimetric synthetic aperture radar SAR data. The area under rice cultivation shows dominance of double-bounce scattering, while cotton and banana crops shows dominance of surface scattering in the quad as well as hybrid pol mode. The correlation coefficient is also assessed among different full and compact polarimetric descriptors. The overall investigation shows the comparative strength of hybrid polarimetry for target discrimination and scattering mechanism analysis.