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The scattering mechanism interpretation of them is still challenging. Within the framework of traditional scattering models, the scattering mechanism of oriented manmade targets will be interpreted as volume scattering. Recently, many advanced approaches have been proposed to mitigate the cross-polarization terms of the coherency matrix or distribute the power of cross-polarization to new scattering models, such as orientation angle compensation and multiple scattering components decomposition. Among these methods, the general model-based decomposition with physically meaningful double-bounce and odd-bounce scattering models has been proposed by modeling their independent orientation angles and becomes a widely accepted method. However, the two vital parameters of generalized scattering models: double- and odd-bounce orientation angles are derived through nonlinear optimization procedure. These generalized models lead to a heavy computation burden for parameters inversion. In this paper, we disclose the latent relationship between the double-bounce orientation angle and polarization orientation angle by data fitting experiments. With this simplified relationship, a refined double-bounce scattering model is established. Then, the odd-bounce orientation angle can be derived through equations. In this way, the nonlinear optimization procedure can be converted to a linear solution. A fast generalized model-based decomposition is developed thereafter. The main contribution of this work is to inherit the generalized models while speeding up the parameter calculation procedure. The comparison studies are carried out with X-band airborne PiSAR, L-band spaceborne ALOS-2, and C-band spaceborne Radarsat-2 PolSAR datasets. Compared with the state-of-the-art approaches, the proposed decomposition achieves improved interpretation performance from both visual and quantitative investigations especially for oriented built-up areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13163070","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,4]],"date-time":"2021-08-04T21:44:24Z","timestamp":1628113464000},"page":"3070","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Polarimetric Model-Based Decomposition with Refined Double-Bounce Orientation Angle and Scattering Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5862-8912","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guoqing","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environment Effects on Electronics and Information System, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"given":"Yongzhen","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environment Effects on Electronics and Information System, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"given":"Siwei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environment Effects on Electronics and Information System, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Lee, J.S., and Pottier, E. 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