A backscatter model for a dense discrete medium: Analysis and numerical results

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-203

  Ewe, H T ^a   Chuah, H T ^a   Fung, A K ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DENSE MEDIUM PHASE AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION (DM PACT); DISCRETE SPHERICAL SCATTERER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0032132410     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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