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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Sensors
3. Microwaves
4. Image Analysis
5. Applications

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Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

Chapter 3
 

3.8 Answer

Polarization is a phenomenon which is characteristic of those waves that vibrate in a direction perpendicular to their direction of propagation. While electromagnetic waves vibrate up/down, side to side and in intermediate directions, sound waves vibrate in the same direction as their direction of travel, so cannot be polarized.

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