A transport theory of pulse propagation in a strongly forward scattering random medium

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 118-128

  Whitman, Gerald M ^a,b   Schwering, Felix ^a   Triolo, Anthony A ^b   Cho, Nack Y ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Hynix Semiconductor Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; POLYNOMIALS; REMOTE SENSING;

LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; PLANE WAVE PULSES; PULSE PROPAGATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0029771713     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.477536     Document Type: Article

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