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We quantitated the complexity of sea clutter by applying multiscale sample entropy. We found that above certain wave heights or wind speeds, and for HH or VV polarization, the target can be distinguished from sea clutter by regarding (i) the sample entropy at large scale factors or (ii) the complexity index (CI) as entropy metrics. This is because the backscattering amplitudes of range bins with the primary target were found equipped with the lowest sample entropy at large scale factors or the lowest CI compared to that of range bins with sea clutter only. To further cover low-to-moderate sea states, we constructed a polarized complexity index (PCI) based on the polarization signatures of the multiscale sample entropy of sea clutter. We demonstrated that the PCI is yet another alternative entropy metric and can achieve a superb performance on distinguishing targets within 1993\u2019s IPIX radar data sets. In each data set, the range bins with the primary target turned to have the lowest PCI compared to that of range bins with sea clutter alone. Moreover, in our experiment using 1993\u2019s IPIX radar data sets, the PCIs of range bins with sea clutter only were almost the same and stable in each data set, further suggesting that the proposed PCI metric can be applied in the presence of no or multiple targets through proper fitting curves.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13193950","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,8]],"date-time":"2021-10-08T21:26:20Z","timestamp":1633728380000},"page":"3950","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Entropy Metrics of Radar Signatures of Sea Surface Scattering for Distinguishing Targets"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Rui","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Sensing Laboratory, Navigation Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li-Na","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Sensing Laboratory, Navigation Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiang","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Sensing Laboratory, Navigation Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Si-Zhang","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Sensing Laboratory, Navigation Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian-Jie","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Sensing Laboratory, Navigation Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xin-Hui","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Sensing Laboratory, Navigation Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Bole, A., Wall, A., and Norris, A. 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