An electromagnetic fractal-based model for the study of fading

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1749-1759

  Franceschetti, Giorgio ^a,c   Migliaccio, Maurizio ^b,d   Riccio, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FADING (RADIO); REMOTE SENSING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; FADING CHARACTERISTICS; FIRST ORDER; KIRCHHOFF; NATURAL SURFACE; RADAR ECHOES; ROUGH SURFACES;

EID: 0030291462     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02811     Document Type: Article

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