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A quad-pol radar scattering model for use in remote sensing of lava flow morphologyMapping of spatial variations in surface roughness over large regions is required to understand the nature of volcanic terrains. An invertible scattering model for quad-polarization radar data is presented to assist in the remote-sensing analysis of lava flow surface morphology. This model permits separation of the polarized part of the radar echo into quasispecular, dihedral, and small-perturbation scatterin components, based on an assumed surface dielectric constant. Tests are presented for a quad-pol scene of Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, where there are a number of basaltic lava flows of differing surface morphology. Comparison of calculated model components with the observed morphology of the lava flows suggests that this technique may be useful for the remote description of changes in surface roughness. The scattering mechanisms chosen to represent the polarizing behavior of the real surface display correlations which indicate that they are sensitive to the expected scales of roughness.
Document ID
19900054399
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Campbell, Bruce A.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Zisk, Stanley H.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Mouginis-Mark, Peter J.
(Hawaii, University Honolulu, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume: 30
ISSN: 0034-4257
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A41454
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1162
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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