Backscattering enhancement of electromagnetic waves from two-dimensional perfectly conducting random rough surfaces: A comparison of monte carlo simulations with experimental data

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 748-756

  Johnson, Joel T ^a   Tsang, Leung ^b   Shin, Robert T ^c   Pak, K ^a   Chan, Chi H ^b   Ishimaru, Akira ^c   Kuga, Yasuo ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^c University of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES;

BACKSCATTERING ENHANCEMENT; BISTATIC SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; PERFECTLY CONDUCTING RANDOM ROUGH SURFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0030150320     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.496261     Document Type: Article

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