Angular correlation function of wave scattering by a random rough surface and discrete scatterers and its application in the detection of a buried object

Waves Random Media

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 467-478

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Tsang, Leung ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADAR CLUTTER; RANDOM PROCESSES; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES;

SCATTERERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0031173022     PISSN: 09597174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13616679709409810     Document Type: Article

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