Application of Strong Fluctuation Random Medium Theory to Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from a Half-Space of Dielectric Mixture

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 292-302

  Tsang, Leung ^a   Newton, Richard W ^a   Kong, Jin A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0020100433     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1982.1142774     Document Type: Article

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