igmk / pamtra

Passive and Active Microwave TRAnsfer model
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radar_polarisation defaults to 'NN' #19

Open DaveOri opened 4 years ago

DaveOri commented 4 years ago

I do not know if there is any radar system that works with unpolarized light. I always find either single-pol or dual-pol radars, I have the feeling that unpolarized receivers are either impossible or impractical to build. Doesn't it make more sense to switch to HH, which I have the feeling is by far the most popular single-pol configuration? It doesn't make any difference for zenith/nadir looking or for spherical-like targets. but for scanning radars, tmatrix calculations with non-spherical shapes it does