Simulation of coherent radar backscatter from dynamic sea surfaces

Proceedings - 2003 User Group Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 74-80

  Toporkov, J V ^a   Sletten, M A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Clutter; Computational modeling; Frequency; Integral equations; Numerical simulation; Oceans; Radar; Sea surface; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BENCHMARKING; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HOLOGRAPHY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC CALCULATIONS; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTEGRALS; OCEANS; SEA SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACES;

RADAR;

EID: 33947622320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DODUGC.2003.1253377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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