Electromagnetic Reflection from an Extended Turbulent Medium: Cumulative Forward-Scatter Single-Backscatter Approximation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1971, Pages 254-262

  De Wolf, David A ^a  

^a SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84926791426     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1971.1139894     Document Type: Article

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