Modeling of scattering by a rough surface of layered media

Author

Fuks, Iosif M.

Author_Institution

Environ. Technol. Lab., NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

1251

Abstract

Electromagnetic wave scattering from a rough boundary of a stratified medium, with an arbitrary dependency of refractive index on a vertical coordinate, is investigated in the framework of small perturbation method. It is shown that the large-scaled roughness can be the main reason of destroying the interference between three type of interfering waves, that leads to the "survival" of only one specific set of interference maxima and suppression of the others. The backscattering enhancement peak parameters are estimated.

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave interference; electromagnetic wave scattering; inhomogeneous media; refractive index; rough surfaces; backscattering enhancement peak parameters; electromagnetic wave scattering; interference maxima; interfering waves; large-scaled roughness; layered media; refractive index; rough boundary; rough surface; small perturbation method; stratified medium; vertical coordinate; Dielectric substrates; Electromagnetic scattering; Equations; Fresnel reflection; Nonhomogeneous media; Permittivity; Polarization; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface waves;

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.2002.1025904

Filename

1025904