Title :
Is the optical image of a non-Lambertian fractal surface fractal?
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Earth Sci., King Fahd Univ., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
This letter generalizes Pentland´s result about the fractal dimension of the optical image of rough natural surfaces, without imposing his requirement that the reflection is Lambertian. Instead, it is assumed that the reflectance coefficient is proportional to the focusing/defocusing due to local surface curvature. It will be proved for this case that the density distribution across the optical image inherits the fractal dimension of the mapped surface.
Keywords :
fractals; optical images; terrain mapping; Lambertian reflection; density distribution; fractal dimension; fractal image; fractal surface; local surface curvature; optical image; reflectance coefficient; rough natural surfaces; Focusing; Fractals; Gaussian processes; Image analysis; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Reflectivity; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface waves; Fractal image; Lambertian reflection; fractal surface; fractals; optical image;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LGRS.2005.848531