Monte carlo simulations of large-scale one-dimensional random rough-surface scattering at near-grazing incidence: Penetrable case

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-149

  Chan, Chi Hou ^a   Tsang, Leung ^a   Li, Qin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Monte carlo methods; Rough surfaces

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ROUGH SURFACE SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0031701056     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.655461     Document Type: Article

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