Abstract
In this paper, we propose to simulate the SAR response of semi-arid subsurfaces. We characterize the soil surfaces and subsurfaces by a two layer geo-electrical model. The up- per layer is described by its dielectrical constant, thickness, a multi-scale bi-dimensional surface roughness model by using the wavelet transform and the Mallat algorithm, and volume scattering parameters. The lower layer is described by its dielectric constant and multi-scale surface rough- ness. To compute surface, subsurface and volume scattering, we consider a two layers multi-scale bi-dimensional Small perturbations model. In this study, each surface of the two layers surface is considered as a band limited fractal random process corresponding to a superposition of a flnite number of one dimensional Gaussian processes each one having a spatial scale. We investigated the dependence of backscattering coe-cient on roughness multi-scale parameters and soil mois- ture parameters for difierent incident angles by a sensitivity analysis. This sensitivity analyses is the flrst step of an inversion procedure.
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