DocumentCode
2695633
Title
Fractal based Modeling of Altimeter Data
Author
Bernardi, Gabriella ; Franceschetti, Giorgio ; Iodice, Antonio ; Riccio, Daniele
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. of Naples "Federico II", Naples
Volume
4
fYear
2008
fDate
7-11 July 2008
Abstract
This paper presents a new systematic simulation procedure to compute the altimeter signal return, thus showing the correlation of the signal return shape with height, slope, sub-surface layers and different scales of roughness of the surface of interest. For the first time, and as appropriate to natural surfaces, the scene is fully modelled by means of the fractal geometry. By observing the results presented in this paper, it appears that an advanced processing of altimeter data is possible.
Keywords
altimeters; fractals; geophysical signal processing; altimeter signal return; fractal geometry; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic scattering; Fractals; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Solid modeling; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Surface waves; Altimetry; Electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; Fractal surfaces; Information retrieval; Microwave radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2808-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779994
Filename
4779994
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