Parallel implementation of the sparse-matrix/canonical grid method for the analysis of two-dimensional random rough surfaces (three-dimensional scattering problem) on a Beowulf system

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1600-1608

  Li, Shu Qing ^b   Chan, Chi Hou ^b   Tsang, Leung ^a,c   Li, Qin ^c   Zhou, Lin ^c  

^a IEEE

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METHOD OF MOMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BEOWULF SYSTEM; GAUSSIAN SPECTRUM; RANDOM ROUGH SURFACES; SPARSE MATRIX CANONICAL GRID METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0034228463     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.851959     Document Type: Article

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