Date of Award
5-1993
Document type
dissertation
Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Mathematics
First Advisor
Donald German
Second Advisor
Joseph Horowitz
Third Advisor
Ramesh Korwar
Subject Categories
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Abstract
The dissertation presents a method for deriving the shape of a surface from a radar image of the surface. An appropriate model of radar image formation is derived from physical principles. A Bayesian formulation of the inversion problem is developed upon which a computational strategy is based. Theoretical results on random surfaces relevant to the prior distribution are presented, and convergence and optimality properties of a new sampling algorithm are described. The technique is applied to Magellan data of Venus.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/2096063
Recommended Citation
Hartt, Keith David, "Bayesian Estimation of Surface Information from Radar Images" (1993). Open Access Dissertations. 363.
https://doi.org/10.7275/2096063
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/363