Journal of applied meteorology · 1979 · 119 citations · 0 references
EngineeringCalibrationImaging RadarRadar Signal ProcessingComputational ElectromagneticsComputational GeophysicsPhotometric StereoComputational GeometryGeodesyGeometric ModelingReflectance ModelingGeometric InterpolationSynthetic Aperture RadarCartesian InterpolationInverse ProblemsRadar ApplicationDigital Reflectivity DataVolume RenderingRadarNatural SciencesRemote SensingRadar SpaceSystematic InterpolationRadar Image Processing3D ScanningReflectivity Factor DataEconomical Procedure
A fast and efficient procedure has been developed which allows the systematic interpolation of digital reflectivity data from radar space into Cartesian space. The algorithm is designed so that only one ordered pass through the original PPI scan data is necessary to complete the interpolation process. As a result, 100 cross sections may be interpolated and displayed for approximately five times the cost of producing PPI plots for the same volume. Computer-generated displays produced by the system include contoured and gray-scale plots of orthogonal sections and perspective images of two- and three-dimensional reflectivity surfaces.