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First, the polarization orientation angle shift (POAS), as a priori asymmetry information, is derived from X-band interferometry and applied to P-band fully-polarimetric data. Second, the crosstalk and cross-polarization (cross-pol) channel imbalance are iteratively determined using the POAS after dual-band data fusion. The performance and feasibility of the technique was evaluated by CRs. It was demonstrated that the proposed technique is capable of deriving the distortion parameters and performs better than the methods presented in Quegan and Ainsworth et al. The  signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and pedestal height have been investigated in polarimetric signatures. The proposed technique is useful for PolCAL in mountainous areas and for monitoring systems without CRs in long-term operation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs70404784","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,21]],"date-time":"2015-04-21T06:26:47Z","timestamp":1429597607000},"page":"4784-4803","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Polarimetric Calibration of CASMSAR P-Band Data Affected by Terrain Slopes Using a Dual-Band Data Fusion Technique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Lu","family":"Liao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Pingxiang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Fenfen","family":"Hua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environmental Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221008, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1107","DOI":"10.1109\/36.193786","article-title":"SAR calibration: An overview","volume":"30","author":"Freeman","year":"1992","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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