A matrix inversion approach of computing T-matrix for axially symmetrical particles of extreme shape and dielectrically large dimension

Radio Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Xinyi ^a,b   Qin, Qiming ^a   Hong, Yang ^b   Zhang, Guifu ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; FAR-ZONE; LARGE DIMENSIONS; MATRIX INVERSIONS; RADAR METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SCATTERING FIELD; SENSING PROBLEMS; SPHEROIDAL SHAPES; T-MATRIX; T-MATRIX METHOD;

ASPECT RATIO; INVERSION LAYERS; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 84866669333     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RS004906     Document Type: Article

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