Two-dimensional geometric model of the sunlight reflection in the study of statistical properties of ocean surface slopes using remote sensors

Author

Martin-Atienza, Beatriz ; Alvarez-Borrego, Josue

Author_Institution

Fac. de Cienc. Marinas, Univ. Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

1645

Lastpage

1648

Abstract

The sunlight reflection process in the sea surface, considering a two-dimensional geometric model with variable reflection angle, is examined and the corresponding equations are derived. A synthetic data surface is used to calculate the corresponding glitter pattern. An analysis of the relationship between the variance of the surface slopes and the variance of the intensity values in the glitter pattern are calculated considering a gaussian distribution and a non-gaussian distribution of the surface slopes. The results obtained for both distributions are compared and presented graphically.

Keywords

Gaussian distribution; geometry; ocean waves; remote sensing; sunlight; glitter pattern calculation; graphical presentation; intensity value variance; nonGaussian distribution; ocean surface slope statistical properties; ocean wave motion; remote sensors; sea surface sunlight reflection process; surface slope variance; synthetic data surface; two-dimensional geometric model; variable reflection angle; Detectors; Mathematical model; Optical surface waves; Reflection; Sea surface; Surface treatment; Surface waves; Glitter pattern; kurtosis; skewness; variance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723108

Filename

6723108