Physical scale modeling the millimeter-wave backscattering behavior of ground clutter

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4370, Issue , 2001, Pages 141-151

  Gatesman, Andrew J ^a   Goyette, T M ^a   Dickinson, J C ^a   Waldman, J ^a   Neilson, J ^b   Nixon, W E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b US Army National Ground Intelligence Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Clutter; Rough surfaces; Terrain; W band

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOISTURE; RADAR CROSS SECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

RADAR IMAGERIES;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 0035758371     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.440070     Document Type: Article

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