Fractal analysis of the signal scattered from the sea surface

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 324-338

  Berizzi, Fabrizio ^a   Dalle Mese, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FRACTALS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL;

KIRCHHOFF METHOD; SEA FRACTAL SURFACE; SEA SCATTERED SIGNAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032632614     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.761073     Document Type: Article

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