Research Article
Experimental Study of Polarized Radar Scattering from the Tree Canopy at the Ka-Band
Table 5
Dynamic range of measured backscattering coefficients of pine and banyan trees in HH, HV, and VV polarizations from 30 to 80 degrees.
| Frequency (GHz) | Dynamic range | Pine | Banyan | VV | HV | HH | VV | HV | HH |
| 28 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 29 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 8 | 30 | 3.5 | 10 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 31 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 32 | 4.3 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 33 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 34 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 9.7 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 36 | 5 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 8.7 |
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