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landroughness

Surface height standard deviation for land

Since R2021a

    Description

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    hgtsd = landroughness(landtype) returns the standard deviation of the surface height for the specified land type.

    [hgtsd,beta0,vegtype] = landroughness(landtype) in addition to hgtsd returns:

    • beta0 — the slope of the land type.

    • vegtype — the vegetation type.

    Examples

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    Obtain the standard deviation of the surface height for an urban land.

    hgtsd = landroughness('Urban')
    hgtsd = 10
    

    Input Arguments

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    Surface land type, specified as "Rugged Mountains", "Mountains", "Metropolitan", "Urban", "Wooded Hills", "Rolling Hills", "Woods", "Farm", "Desert", "Flatland". or "Smooth".

    Output Arguments

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    Standard deviation of the surface height, returned as a scalar in meters.

    Slope of the land type β0, returned as a scalar in degrees.

    The vegetation type is a character array determined by the landtype input.

    Land TypeVegetation Type

    Rugged Mountains

    Trees (dense)

    Mountains

    Trees (dense)

    Woods

    Trees (dense)

    Wooded Hills

    Trees (dense)

    Rolling Hills

    Brush (dense)

    Farm

    Grass (thin)

    Desert

    Grass (thin)

    Flatland

    Grass (thin)

    Metropolitan

    None

    Urban

    None

    Smooth

    None

    References

    [1] Barton, David K. Radar Equations for Modern Radar. 1st edition. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2013.

    Extended Capabilities

    C/C++ Code Generation
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    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a