Numerical study on the phase and amplitude statistics of backscattered signals from time-evolving sea surfaces

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 551-560

  Li, X ^a   Xu, X ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE RATIOS; BACK-SCATTERED; BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELLING; FUNCTION OF TIME; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTED; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GAUSSIANS; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SEA CLUTTERS; SEA SURFACES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIME-SCALES;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WAVES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 80053054970     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2010.0198     Document Type: Article

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