• DocumentCode
    2110551
  • Title

    Fresnel approximation for wave scattering in a random medium

  • Author

    Tatarskii, V.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Zel Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-28 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    1272
  • Abstract
    It is shown that the standard Fraunhofer diffraction approximation cannot be used in the problem of radiowave scattering by a distributed scatterer. The Fresnel approximation is developed for this problem.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric techniques; backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; radar theory; radiowave propagation; random media; remote sensing by radar; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Fresnel approximation; atmosphere; backscatter; distributed scatterer; measurement technique; meteorological radar; model; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radio-wave scattering; radiowave propagation; random media; theory; Aperture antennas; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic scattering; Fluctuations; Fresnel reflection; Permittivity; Receiving antennas; Refractive index; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025911
  • Filename
    1025911