C-band, narrow pulse, polarimetric Doppler-scatterometer for platform application

In this paper C-band (/spl sim/5.6 GHz), polarimetric (dual polarization), narrow pulse (/spl sim/30 ns) Doppler scatterometer is described. The scatterometer was developed for a short distance (/spl sim/6.5 m) remote sensing application and for simultaneous and coincident measurements of water surface microwave reflective and backscattered signal's spectrum characteristics. In spite of the system was developed for a platform application, it may have successful vessel and airborne application for both land and sea surface remote sensing.