This classic text is back, ready to aid radar engineers, research scientists and students. The Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from Rough Surfaces remains a standard in the field, offering you complete instruction, in theoretical and practical terms, of the most frequently encountered scattering situations. You'll learn to calculate the effects of wave reflection by terrain, sea, atmospheric sheets, the earth and the planets. This book allows you to spot reference information because each topic is discussed throroughly and independently. Order your copy of this comprehensive source on wave scattering.
Part I - Theory.Introduction. Qualitative Considerations. The General Kirchoff Solution for Scattering From Rough Surfaces. Periodically Rough Surfaces. Random Rough Surfaces: I. Surfaces Generated by Random Processes, II. Other Models. The Statistical Distribution of the Scattered Field. The Depolarization of Electromagnetic Waves Scattered From a Rough Surface. Conclusion. Part II - Application. Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves by a Perfectly Smooth Earth. The Reflection of Waves from Irregular Ground. Methods of Measurement of the Reflection Coefficients of the Earth; Separation of the Specular and Diffuse Components. Experimental Investigation of Specular Reflection Coefficient of the Earth. Experimental Investigation of Diffuse Scattering from the Earth's Surface. Specular Reflection: Practical Applications: Line-of-Sight Propagation of Ultra-Short Waves. Diffuse Scattering: I. Practical Applications, II. Application to Back-Scattering by the Earth's Surface. Scattering by Atmospheric Sheets: Reflection of Radio Waves by the Moon and the Planets. Conclusion.
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Peter Beckman
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Andre Spizzichino