Synthesis, construction, and validation of a fractal surface

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1403-1411

  Ruello, Giuseppe ^a,b   Blanco Sánchez, Pablo ^c   Iodice, Antonio ^a,b,d   Mallorqui, Jordi J ^a,c   Riccio, Daniele ^a,b   Broquetas, Antoni ^a,c   Franceschetti, Giorgio ^a,b,e,f  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d University of Naples ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; Fractals

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING BY ROUGH SURFACES; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES;

ALUMINUM FOIL; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FRACTALS;

EID: 33744724640     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.870433     Document Type: Article

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