Title :
Seafloor shape estimation by raytraced kernels
Author :
Woock, Philipp ; Beyerer, Jurgen
Author_Institution :
Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
A method is presented to obtain a rough surface estimation as a sum of kernel functions from side-scan sonar measurements. The sonar measurements are compared to pre-computed sonar responses of single kernels. From combined sonar responses, an estimation of a kernelized surface representation is obtained. Further refinement of kernel parameterization is done via raytracing.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; seafloor phenomena; combined sonar response; kernel function sum; kernel parameterization refinement; kernelized surface representation estimation; raytraced kernel; rough surface estimation method; seafloor shape estimation; side-scan sonar measurement; single kernel pre-computed sonar response; Estimation; Kernel; Rough surfaces; Shape; Sonar measurements; Surface roughness;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2014 - TAIPEI
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3645-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964428
