A hybrid experimental/theoretical scattering model for dense random media

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 21-35

  Kendra, John R ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Random media; Scattering and propagation; Scattering model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTORS;

DENSE RANDOM MEDIA; FIRST-ORDER VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER; POLARIMETRIC BACKSCATTERING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032712190     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.739092     Document Type: Article

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