Numerical and analytical solutions for radar cross sections of random rough surfaces compared with full wave solutions

Author

Crittenden, Paul ; Bahar, Ezekiel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nebraska Univ., Lincoln, NE, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

1222

Abstract

The horizontally and vertically polarized backscatter cross sections for multiple scale random rough surfaces are evaluated using the unified full wave approach. They are expressed as weighted sums of the large and small scale cross sections

Keywords

backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; analytical solution; backscatter; full wave solution; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; large scale cross section; multiple scale random rough surface; numerical model; polarization; radar cross section; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; random rough surface; rough surface; small scale cross section; terrain mapping; unified full wave approach; vertically polarized backscatter; weighted sum; Autocorrelation; Backscatter; Large-scale systems; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Signal to noise ratio; Surface roughness; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.691357

Filename

691357