Direct numerical simulation of electromagnetic rough surface and sea scattering by an improved banded matrix iterative method

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 204-215

  Donohue, Denis J ^a,b,c,d   Ku, Hwar Ching ^d   Thompson, Donald R ^d   Sadowsky, John ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APL's Milton S Eisenhower Res T   (United States)

^d Phys Modeling and Applic Group ^*

Author keywords

Method of moments; Monte Carlo methods; Radar sea scattering; Rough surface scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342859694     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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