Research Article
Experimental Study of Polarized Radar Scattering from the Tree Canopy at the Ka-Band
Table 4
The dynamic range of the pine tree and banyan tree from 28 GHz to 36 GHz for VV, HV, and HH polarizations.
| Incident angle (degree) | Polarization | Dynamic range | Pine | Banyan |
| 30 | HH | 3.5 | 5.9 | HV | 6.2 | 3.8 | VV | 2 | 2.4 |
| 40 | HH | 3.1 | 7.3 | HV | 5.6 | 5.3 | VV | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| 50 | HH | 2.8 | 5.9 | HV | 5.4 | 5 | VV | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| 60 | HH | 3.8 | 6.7 | HV | 6.1 | 5.2 | VV | 2.9 | 6.4 |
| 70 | HH | 4.3 | 4.9 | HV | 6.7 | 4.1 | VV | 1.4 | 6 |
| 80 | HH | 4.7 | 4.3 | HV | 6.8 | 3.4 | VV | 1.6 | 6.7 |
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