Studies of the cylinder-ground double bounce scattering mechanism in forest backscatter models

Author

Dong, Y. ; Richards, J.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Australian Defence Force Acad., New South Wales Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

Volume

33

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

231

Abstract

An integration methodology is presented for computing fields backscattered by the cylinder-ground double bounce scattering mechanism, in which randomly tilted, finite length dielectric cylinders stand on a slightly rough lossy surface, Based on the Stratton-Chu integral technique, incorporating exact solutions of fields scattered by the cylinders, the method yields like- and cross-polarized responses and polarization phase differences. Numerical results are reported

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; radar applications; radar cross-sections; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; Stratton-Chu integral technique; cross-polarized responses; cylinder-ground double bounce scattering mechanism; forest backscatter models; integration methodology; like-polarized responses; polarization phase difference; randomly tilted finite length dielectric cylinders; slightly rough lossy surface; Backscatter; Dielectric losses; Engine cylinders; Integral equations; Polarization; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Surface roughness;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.368203

Filename

368203