Backscattering Enhancement and Clustering Effects of Randomly Distributed Dielectric Cylinders Overlying a Dielectric Half Space Based on Monte-Carlo Simulations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 488-499

  Ding, Kung Hau ^b   Hsu, C C ^b   Kong, Jin Au ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING EFFECTS; FOLDY-LAX MULTIPLE SCATTERING EQUATIONS; VOLUME SURFACE INTERACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REMOTE SENSING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0029305710     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.384193     Document Type: Article

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