Title :
EM scattering calculation for complex targets over sea surface
Author :
Cui, Kai ; Xu, Xiaojian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., BeiHang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
The interaction between the hull and the sea surface plays an important role in the electromagnetic (EM) scattering of a ship on the sea surface; it has a scattering mechanism similar to a dihedral comer reflector. A rough sea surface under different sea states causes radar cross section (RCS) variations of complex targets over the sea surface. The paper proposes an approximate technique to evaluate the RCS of complex targets on the sea surface; it is based on the special scattering mechanism of a dihedral comer reflector, combined with an analytical modeling method. Promising results are demonstrated using two typical examples.
Keywords :
computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic wave scattering; marine radar; radar cross-sections; radar theory; rough surfaces; EM scattering calculation; RCS evaluation; analytical modeling method; approximate technique; complex targets; dihedral comer reflector; rough sea surface; scattering mechanism; Electromagnetic scattering; Marine vehicles; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface roughness;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1552186
