Ray-tracing simulation techniques for understanding high-resolution SAR images

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 3 PART2, 2010, Pages 1445-1456

  Auer, Stefan ^a   Hinz, Stefan ^b   Bamler, Richard ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D modeling; Persistence of Vision Ray (POV Ray); Radar scattering; Ray tracing; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) simulation; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; COMPLEX SAR IMAGES; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SAR; IMAGE LAYERS; LAS VEGAS; MAN MADE OBJECTS; MODEL SPACES; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; OUTPUT DATA; PERSISTENCE OF VISION; RADAR SCATTERING; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SAR SENSORS; SIMULATION APPROACH; TERRASAR-X; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

OFFICE BUILDINGS; RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; TALL BUILDINGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

MAP; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAY TRACING; RESOLUTION; SOFTWARE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FRANCE; HONSHU; ILE DE FRANCE; JAPAN; KANTO; LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; PARIS; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED STATES; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 78650344396     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2029339     Document Type: Article

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