Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications

J. Scott Tyo, Dennis L. Goldstein, David B. Chenault, Joseph A. Shaw
2006 Applied Optics  
Imaging polarimetry has emerged over the past three decades as a powerful tool to enhance the information available in a variety of remote sensing applications. We discuss the foundations of passive imaging polarimetry, the phenomenological reasons for designing a polarimetric sensor, and the primary architectures that have been exploited for developing imaging polarimeters. Considerations on imaging polarimeters such as calibration, optimization, and error performance are also discussed. We
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doi:10.1364/ao.45.005453 pmid:16855644 fatcat:qh65lyyiv5ewjdoxs4sbe5fyo4