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Title: Phenomenology Studies Using a Scanning Fully Polarimetric Passive W-Band Millimeter Wave Imager

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883545· OSTI ID:1015903

We present experimental results obtained from a scanning passive W-band fully polarimetric imager. In addition to a conventional approach to polarimetric image analysis in which the Stokes I, Q, U, and V images were formed and displayed, we present an alternative method for polarimetric image exploitation based upon multivariate image analysis (MIA). MIA uses principal component analysis (PCA) and 2D scatter or score plots to identify various pixel classes in the image compared with the more conventional scene-based image analysis approaches. Multivariate image decomposition provides a window into the complementary interplay between spatial and statistical correlations contained in the data.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1015903
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-78821; NN2001000; TRN: US201113%%114
Resource Relation:
Conference: Proceedings of the SPIE: Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XIV, April 28, 2011, Orlando, FL, 8022:Paper No. 80220C
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English