Frequency dependence of scattering and extinction of dense media based on three-dimensional simulations of Maxwell's equations with applications to snow

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1844-1852

  Chen, Chi Te ^a   Tsang, Leung ^a,b   Guo, Jianjun ^a   Chang, Alfred T C ^c   Ding, Kung Hau ^d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic wave scattering; Monte Carlo method; Passive microwave remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SNOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF SCATTERING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0141675949     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.811812     Document Type: Article

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