DocumentCode
990339
Title
Radar reflectivity of metallic bodies of revolution
Author
de Wolf, David A.
Author_Institution
RCA Labratories, Princeton, NJ, USA
Volume
17
Issue
5
fYear
1969
fDate
9/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
665
Lastpage
667
Abstract
It is shown that the basic reason why Kerr´s physical optics formula for the reflectivity of an axially viewed perfectly conducting body of revolution is also useful when the wavelength is not small compared to body dimensions is because the electric dipole and the magnetic dipole plus electric quadrupole are the dominant multipole sources for reflection.
Keywords
Radar scattering; Antennas and propagation; Frequency; Optical surface waves; Physical optics; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Reflectivity; Resonance; Surface waves; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1969.1139485
Filename
1139485
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