Dominant lateral waves in the canopy layer of a four-layered forest

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 681-691

  Koh, J H ^a   Li, L W ^a   Kooi, P S ^a   Yeo, T S ^a   Leong, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FORESTRY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; RADIO WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRANCH CUT INTEGRATIONS; FOREST CANOPY LAYER; SADDLE POINT TECHNIQUE;

RADIO TRANSMISSION; FORESTRY;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DYADIC GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; EIGENFUNCTION EXPANSION FORMS; ELECTRIC FIELD COMPONENTS; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; INTEGRAL REPRESENTATION; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032688702     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900007     Document Type: Article

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