Polarization ratio characteristics of electromagnetic scattering from sea ice in polar areas<xref rid="cpb_27_12_124102fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_12_124102fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC1401007), the Global Change Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB953901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41776181), and the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. KYCX18 1012).</p></fn>

Polarization ratio characteristics of electromagnetic scattering from sea ice in polar areas**

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC1401007), the Global Change Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB953901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41776181), and the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. KYCX18 1012).

Zhao Li¹, Xie Tao^{2, 3, †}, Meng Lei⁴, Perrie William⁵, Yang Jin-Song⁶, Fang He¹, Chen Han¹, Ai Run-Bing¹

Physical and microwave scattering model of sea ice, showing (i) top surface scattering, (ii) volume scattering, (iii) bottom surface scattering, and (iv) scattering due to surface–volume interactions.