Modeling of transmission, scattering, and reception for multistatic polarimetric radar

This paper develops a data model and corresponding imaging operation for multistatic polarimetric radar. The mathematical model describes the processes of radiation from a transmitting antenna, scattering from a moving target, and reception at a receiving antenna. A bistatic scattering matrix based on physical optics and the fast-time Doppler effects of a moving target are incorporated. Simulations are presented that consider a moving target in multiple transmitter and receiver configurations with multiple transmit waveforms and polarization schemes.