Analysis of scattering from very large three-dimensional rough surfaces using MLFMM and ray-based analyses

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 20-30

  Zhao, Zhiqin ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Smith, Jerry ^b   Carin, Lawrence ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; Numerical analysis; Scattering parameters measurement; Sea surface electromagnetic scattering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLES AND ZEROS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RAY TRACING; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MULTILEVEL FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD; SCATTERING PARAMETERS MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 30444454337     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2005.1532538     Document Type: Article

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