the Institute for Theoretical and Engineering Science
Department of Mathematics

University of Houston

Scientific Computing Seminar

Dr. Sam Osofsky
A Potential Job Candidate Interviewed by the
Department of Physics, University of Houston

Computational methods for predicting STIL imaging
through a wind-ruffled ocean

Thursday, February 9, 2006$^*$
2:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Room 634 S&R1

$^*$Note Different Time

Abstract: Accurately predicting the performance of LIDAR imaging systems is important for a number of applications, including sensor deployment and environmental characterization. We will describe a set of methods designed to make realistic predictions for an imaging system called a Streak Tube Image Lidar (STIL). The predictions concern use of the system from a moving airborne platform in order to image objects under the ocean surface. In order to do this, radiance transfer must be modeled through the wavy surface and through the in-water scattering medium. A combination of standard and novel methods is used to achieve this.

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