Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The author presents a comprehensive review highlighting historical as well as new developments in the area of random media. Both discrete and continuous media are considered as well as rough surfaces. The author discusses wave propagation in turbulence and in a random continuum where the refractive index is a random function of space and time. Examples are optical propagation in the atmosphere, microwaves in the troposphere, ionosphere, planetary atmosphere, and solar wind, and acoustic scattering in ocean turbulence. The author describes multiple scattering by random distributions of discrete scatterers. Examples are optical and microwave scattering by rain, fog, smog, snow, ice particles, and vegetation, optical and ultrasound scattering by tissues and blood, optical and acoustic scattering in the ocean, and scattering in composite materials. Scattering by rough surfaces and interfaces is discussed. Examples are acoustic scattering by ocean surfaces, microwave and optical scattering by vegetation, terrain, and snow cover, and ultrasound scattering by rough interfaces in biological media
Keywords :
acoustic wave scattering; atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; atmospheric light propagation; bioacoustics; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave scattering; light propagation; light scattering; oceanography; radiowave propagation; reviews; ultrasonic scattering; wave propagation; acoustic scattering; atmosphere; biological media; blood; composite materials; continuous media; discrete media; fog; ice particles; interfaces; ionosphere; microwave scattering; microwaves; multiple scattering; ocean; ocean surfaces; ocean turbulence; optical propagation; optical scattering; planetary atmosphere; rain; random continuum; random media; refractive index; review; rough interfaces; rough surfaces; smog; snow; snow cover; solar wind; terrain; tissues; troposphere; turbulence; ultrasound scattering; vegetation; wave propagation; wave scattering; Acoustic scattering; Oceans; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Particle scattering; Random media; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Surface waves;
