Adopting'simultaneoustransmitting,simultaneousreceiving'operationalscheme,instantaneouspolarizationradar(IPR)canmeasuretargetpolarizationscatteringmatrix(PSM)usingonlyoncetargetechoesintwoorthogonalpolarizationchannels.Firstly,signalmodelandsignalprocessareadvancedundernarrowbandcondition.Secondly,measurementperformancesoftwotypicalIPRwaveformsareanalyzedindetail.Atlast,fieldexperimentsarecarriedoutusingX-bandIPRsystemdesignedbyNationalUniversityofDefenseTechnology(NUDT),China.Comparedwithresultsobtainedbyalternativepolarizationmeasurementscheme,followingresultscanbeobtained:thedifferenceofrelativeamplitudemeasurementresultsissmallerthan2dBandthatofrelativephasemeasurementresultsissmallerthan10?,verifyingthevalidityofinstantaneouspolarizationmeasurementscheme.