Backscattering enhancement: From radar cross sections to electron and light localizations to rough surface scattering

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 7-11

  Ishimaru, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRONS; RADAR--CROSS SECTIONS; SCINTILLATION; SURFACES;

BACKSCATTERING ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCED RADAR CROSS SECTIONS; LIGHT LOCALIZATIONS; ROUGH SURFACE SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0026242052     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.97944     Document Type: Article

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