Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications

J Scott Tyo; Dennis L. Goldstein; David B. Chenault; Joseph A. Shaw

doi:10.1364/AO.45.005453

Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications

J Scott Tyo, Dennis L. Goldstein, David B. Chenault, Joseph A. Shaw

Optical Sciences, College of

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Abstract

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 review many important sources and examples from the scientific literature.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5453-5469
Number of pages	17
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	45
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.45.005453
Publication status	Published - Aug 1 2006

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Tyo, J. S., Goldstein, D. L., Chenault, D. B., & Shaw, J. A. (2006). Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications. Applied Optics, 45(22), 5453-5469. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.45.005453

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