Scattering from Fractal Surfaces Based on Decomposition and Reconstruction Theorem

Ming Li, Ling Tong, Yiwen Zhou, Yu Li, Xun Yang

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Abstract

A decomposition and reconstruction theorem (DRT) is introduced to advance computation and provide physical understanding for the scattering from fractal surfaces (FPs). The profile of FP is decomposed into test profiles (TPs), and the scattering of FP is reconstructed using the scattering of TPs to enhance the computational efficiency. A new method that applies DRT on the extended boundary condition method combined with the truncated singular value decomposition technique (TEBCM) is presented and referred to as TEBCM-DRT. The method of TEBCM-DRT is employed to solve the scattering from realistic soil surfaces, and the results are validated against other scattering models. Moreover, the efficiency of TEBCM-DRT and its validity range are investigated. The result shows that TEBCM-DRT improves computational efficiency to 1.95× 105 and 7.35× 102 times, respectively, compared to TEBCM and the conventional method of moments for a wide range of roughness. In addition, TEBCM-DRT indicates that the amplitude and direction of propagation of scattering modes are dependent on deterministic TPs. This relationship benefits for obtaining the accurate height of an arbitrary point on the profile from bistatic scattering coefficients.

Original languageEnglish
JournalIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume60
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Decomposition and reconstruction theorem (DRT)
  • Electromagnetic (EM) scattering
  • Field reconstruction
  • Profile decomposition

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