Wide-angle shift-map PE for a piecewise linear terrain - A finite-difference approach

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2773-2789

  Holm, Peter D ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finite difference technique; Parabolic equation (PE); Shift map; Terrain; Wide angle

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

CLAERBOUT EQUATION; PARABOLIC WAVE EQUATION; SHIFT-MAP TECHNIQUE; SPLIT-STEP SOLUTION;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 35348889674     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.905865     Document Type: Article

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