Numerical study of low grazing range-resolved radar backscatter from the sea surface

Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program: Proceedings of the HPCMP Users Group Conference 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 58-64

  Toporkov, Jakov V ^a   Sletten, Mark A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC APPROXIMATION; ELFOUHAILY SPECTRUM; HYDRODYNAMIC APPROXIMATION; SEA SURFACE;

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEA LEVEL;

RADAR;

EID: 33947700395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DODUGC.2005.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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