The work is devoted to the development of a new method for reconstructing the scattering properties of a rough surface, which is described using the bi-directional scattering distribution function (BSDF). There are several different methods of BSDF reconstruction using various approaches. However, they all have their drawbacks: for example, a method based on modeling the measured distribution of heights often requires a complicated fit apart from the expensive measurements themselves, various analytical methods are usu-ally operable within the average roughness values with their standard distribution, and a rather good and universal method for optimizing the normals distribution density does not support internal reflections on the elements of the roughest surface. The proposed solution uses the geometry models of the rough surface, which allows simulating a physically more accurate propagation of light through the rough surface taking into account internal reflections, and hence a more accurate reconstruction of the bidirectional scattering distribution function. The results of BSDF reconstruction with the new method are proved by comparison with measurement results.
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