Ultra wide band electromagnetic scattering of a fractal profile

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-293

  Rouvier, S ^a,b   Borderies, P ^a   Chenerie I ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ESTIMATION; FRACTALS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POLARIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ULTRA WIDE BAND ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CORRELATION CRITERION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; FRACTAL DIMENSION ESTIMATION; FRACTAL PROFILES; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; ROBUSTNESS TO NOISE; SPECTRAL WINDOWS;

EID: 0031101393     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03278     Document Type: Article

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