Faraday Rotation Estimation Performance Analysis
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چکیده
Different Faraday Rotation (FR) estimators are discussed, their estimation performances are assessed and compared to each other. The algorithms are applied on a set of quad-pol ALOS Pal-SAR data and the obtained estimates are validated against FR values derived from TEC maps obtained from GPS measurements.
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