An algorithm for efficient and effective evaluation of scattering from fractal surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3554-3566

  Perna, Stefano ^a,b   Iodice, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractals; scattering from natural surfaces; series expansions

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; FRACTAL SURFACES; KIRCHHOFF APPROACH; KIRCHHOFF APPROXIMATIONS; NATURAL SURFACE; RELATIVE ERRORS; RIGOROUS ANALYSIS; SERIES EXPANSION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FRACTALS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SURFACE SCATTERING;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KIRCHHOFF EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; SCATTERING;

EID: 84865688229     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2182355     Document Type: Article

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