Paper Info
Title
Perturbation Theory for Scattering from Multilayers with Randomly Rough Fractal Interfaces: Remote Sensing Applications.
Abstract
A general, approximate perturbation method, able to provide closed-form expressions of scattering from a layered structure with an arbitrary number of rough interfaces, has been recently developed. Such a method provides a unique tool for the characterization of radar response patterns of natural rough multilayers. In order to show that, here, for the first time in a journal paper, we describe the application of the developed perturbation theory to fractal interfaces; we then employ the perturbative method solution to analyze the scattering from real-world layered structures of practical interest in remote sensing applications. We focus on the dependence of normalized radar cross section on geometrical and physical properties of the considered scenarios, and we choose two classes of natural stratifications: wet paleosoil covered by a low-loss dry sand layer and a sea-ice layer above water with dry snow cover. Results are in accordance with the experimental evidence available in the literature for the low-loss dry sand layer, and they may provide useful indications about the actual ability of remote sensing instruments to perform sub-surface sensing for different sensor and scene parameters.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18010054
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
electromagnetic scattering,layered media,fractals,remote sensing
Radar,Perturbation method,Expression (mathematics),Perturbation theory,Fractal,Remote sensing application,Electronic engineering,Scattering,Engineering,Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
1.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pasquale Imperatore1499.40
Antonio Iodice245373.07
Daniele Riccio3781118.99