Multiresolution time domain analysis of scattering from a rough dielectric surface

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1279-1292

  Dogaru, Traian ^a   Carin, Lawrence ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SURFACE SCATTERING;

MULTIRESOLUTION TIME DOMAIN (MRTD) ALGORITHMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARBITRARY INTERFACES; DIELECTRIC MEDIA; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; DISCRETIZATIONS; FDTD MODEL; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); MULTIRESOLUTION TIME DOMAIN ALGORITHMS; MULTIRESOLUTION TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034313921     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002294     Document Type: Article

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