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SECTION 8. WORLD COORDINATE SYSTEMS

Table 8.9.

Conventional Stokes values.

Value

Symbol

Polarization

1

I

Standard Stokes unpolarized

2

Q

Standard Stokes linear

3

U

Standard Stokes linear

4

V

Standard Stokes circular

-1

RR

Right-right circular

-2

LL

Left-left circular

-3

RL

Right-left cross-circular

-4

LR

Left-right cross-circular

-5

XX

X parallel linear

-6

YY

Y parallel linear

-7

XY

XY cross linear

-8

YX

YX cross linear

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