Man-Made Targets Characterization with Polarimetric Correlation Pattern Interpretation Tool

The interpretation and recognition of man-made target is an important application of polarimetric radar. The scattering diversity of radar target contains rich information. The polarization interpretation theory in the rotation domain has been proposed to mine and characterize target hidden information. Recently, this interpretation technique has received plenty of attention and achieved successful applications. Based on the study, this work further utilizes the polarimetric correlation pattern interpretation tool for man-made target characterization and recognition. Its potential and advantages are verified by using canonical structures, the Slicy model with electromagnetic computation data and ship targets with polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data. The experimental studies show that polarimetric correlation pattern has great potential for man-made targets recognition.