| Abstract: | The collection and analysis of detailed information on the surface of natural terrain are important aspects of radar-backscattering modeling. Radar is especially sensitive to surface-relief changes in the millimeter- to-decimeter scale four conventional K-band (~1-cm wavelength) to L-band (~25-cm wavelength) radar systems. Surface roughness statistics that characterize these changes in detail have been generated by a comprehensive set of seven programmed calculations for radar-backscatter modeling from sets of field measurements. The seven programs are 1) formatting of data in readable form for subsequent topographic analysis program; 2) relief analysis; 3) power spectral analysis; 4) power spectrum plots; 5) slope angle between slope reversals; 6) slope angle against slope interval plots; and 7) base length slope angle and curvature. This complete Fortran IV software package, ‘Terrain Analysis‘, is here presented for the first time. It was originally developed a decade ago for investigations of lunar morphology and surface trafficability for the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle. |
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| Citation Author: | Schaber, Gerald G.; Pike, Richard J.; Berlin, Graydon Lennis |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1 v. ; 67 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 79-1088 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Terrain-analysis procedures for modeling radar backscatter; 1978; OFR; 79-1088; Schaber, Gerald G.; Pike, Richard J.; Berlin, Graydon Lennis |
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| Text: | Terrain-analysis procedures for modeling radar backscatter; 1978; OFR; 79-1088; Schaber, Gerald G.; Pike, Richard J.; Berlin, Graydon Lennis |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/1088/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/1088/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, |
