GPU-accelerated computation for electromagnetic scattering of a double-layer vegetation model

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1799-1806

  Su, Xiang ^a   Wu, Jiaji ^a   Huang, Bormin ^b   Wu, Zhensen ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Compute unified device architecture (CUDA); electromagnetic scattering; equation double layer vegetation model; graphics processing unit (GPU); Monte Carlo method; parallel computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURE(CUDA); ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; GAUSSIAN RANDOM ROUGH SURFACES; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTATION; PARALLEL RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VEGETATION MODEL;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; VEGETATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARALLEL COMPUTING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VEGETATION COVER; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84881036620     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2219508     Document Type: Article

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