Multilevel fast-multipole algorithm for scattering from conducting targets above or embedded in a lossy half space

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1561-1573

  Geng, Norbert ^a,b   Sullivan, Anders ^a,c   Carin, Lawrence ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONDUCTING TARGETS; FRESNEL REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; LOSSY HALF SPACE; MULTILEVEL FAST MULTIPLE ALGORITHM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0034228259     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.851956     Document Type: Article

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