Small-slope approximation method: A further study of vector wave scattering from two-dimensional surfaces and comparison with experimental data

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2002, Pages 251-287

  Berginc, G ^a  

^a THALES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE; GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS; RANDOMLY ROUGH SURFACES; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SMALL SLOPE APPROXIMATION; SMALL-SLOPE APPROXIMATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCATTERING;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 8844280380     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER02070603     Document Type: Article

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