Ezeoke, MauriceBorda Fortuny, CristinaTong, Kenneth2018-12-172018-12-172014Ezeoke M, Borda Fortuny C, Tong K. Terrain backscatter and oil sand exploration: average reflectivity analysis. In: 2014 International Radar Conference; 2014 Oct 13-17; Lille, France. [New York]: IEEE; 2014. p. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060258978-1-4799-4195-71097-5764http://hdl.handle.net/10230/36132Comunicació presentada a: 2014 International Radar Conference, celebrada del 13 al 17 d'octubre de 2014 a Lille, França.A barefaced terrain scattering model for oil sand exploration will enable the discrimination of different terrain types using incoherent polarimetric decomposition. We use computer electromagnetic modeling with finite integration techniques and a network analyzer based indoor polarimetric scatterometer to determine and analyze terrain backscatter. The terrain targets vary in dielectric, physical and chemical properties so we investigated their intrinsic material effects on electromagnetic reflectivity prior to obtaining the average normalized radar cross section. We obtain a strong correlation between the models and empirical measurement for co-polar (HH and VV) polarizations at different incident geometry and frequency L-, C- and X-band.application/pdfeng© 2014 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. The final published article can be found at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7060258/info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060258Average terrain reflectivityBackscatter measurementComputer electromagnetic modelLaboratory scatterometersystemOil sand explorationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess