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)PolarizationDynamic range
PineBanyan

30HH3.55.9
HV6.23.8
VV22.4

40HH3.17.3
HV5.65.3
VV2.13.4

50HH2.85.9
HV5.45
VV1.84.8

60HH3.86.7
HV6.15.2
VV2.96.4

70HH4.34.9
HV6.74.1
VV1.46

80HH4.74.3
HV6.83.4
VV1.66.7