Scattering from very large randomly rough surfaces using a Markov random field equivalent current

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-214

  Zhu, Xianyang ^a   Carin, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a Signal Innovations Group   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistatic scattering; Markov random field (MRF); Method of ordered multiple interactions (MOMI); Rough surface

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BISTATIC SCATTERING; EQUIVALENT CURRENT; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD; METHOD OF ORDERED MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 39449087265     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.913148     Document Type: Article

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