Simulation of radar scattering from electrically large objects under tree canopies

Author

Dehmollaian, Mojtaba ; Koh, Il-Suek ; Sarabandi, Kamal

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

3852

Abstract

A model is developed to investigate the scattering behavior of hard targets embedded inside a forest canopy, at high frequencies. Wave penetration through, and scattering from, a forest canopy is calculated, using a coherent scattering model which makes use of realistic tree structures (Yi-Cheng Lin and Sarabandi, K., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol.37, p.440-51, 1999). A physical optics (PO) approximation is used to estimate the equivalent current on an electrically large, perfectly electrically conducting (PEC) object, located above a ground plane and under a tree canopy. In this model, the reciprocity theorem is used effectively in order to derive the backscattering from the target above the ground plane, and also to calculate the interaction of the target scattered field with the foliage.

Keywords

backscatter; computational electromagnetics; conducting bodies; electromagnetic wave scattering; parameter estimation; physical optics; radar; radiowave propagation; PEC object; backscattering; coherent scattering model; electrically large objects; equivalent current estimation; forest canopy; hard target; perfectly electrically conducting object; physical optics approximation; radar scattering; reciprocity theorem; scattered field; tree canopies; Computational modeling; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; Engine cylinders; Frequency; Optical scattering; Predictive models; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1330189

Filename

1330189