The average impulse responce of a rough surface and its applications
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
- Vol. 2 (1) , 67-74
- https://doi.org/10.1109/joe.1977.1145328
Abstract
This paper is concerned with the theoretical model for short pulse scattering from a statistically random planar surface with particular application to current state of the art radar altimetry. A short review of the assumptions inherent in the convolutional model is presented. Simplified expressions are obtained for both the impulse response and the average backscattered power for near normal incidence under the assumptions common to satellite radar altimetry systems. In particular, it is shown that the conventional two-dimensional surface integration can be reduced to a closed form solution. Two applications of these results are presented relative to radar altimetry, namely, radar antenna pointing angle determination and altitude bias correction for pointing angle and surface roughness effects. It is also shown that these results have direct application to the analysis of the two frequency system proposed by Weissman, and a possible combined long pulse altimeter and two frequency system is suggested.Keywords
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