A real-time implementation of the method of principal components applied to dual-polarized radar returns

Summary form only given. Experiments performed with dual-polarized Ku-band radar systems have shown that there are distinct differences between the information contained in the like- and cross-polarized returns from the ice floes, particularly between those returns from new and old ice. In order to present the two different images on one monochrome display, it is necessary to combine them. The process can be expedited by using singular-value …