Short-pulse three-dimensional scattering from moderately rough surfaces: A comparison between narrow-waisted Gaussian beam algorithms and FDTD

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Galdi, Vincenzo ^a,b   Kosmas, Panagiotis ^a,c,d   Rappaport, Carey M ^a,c   Felsen, Leopold B ^a,e,f   Castañon, David A ^a,g  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic (EM) scattering by rough surfaces; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Gaussian beams; Ground penetrating radar

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVE SOILS; FULL WAVE TOOLS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCATTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 33947167345     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.861568     Document Type: Article

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