Temporal Mueller matrix solution for polarimetric scattering from inhomogeneous random media of nonspherical scatterers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 820-832

  Chang, Mei ^a   Jin, Ya Qiu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous random media; Polarimetric scattering; Pulse echo; Temporal Mueller matrix

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETERS;

NONSPHERICAL SCATTERERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0037777535     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.811092     Document Type: Article

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