On the integral for backscattering from a randomly rough surface

1 January 1971

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 59 (8) , 1280-1281
https://doi.org/10.1109/PROC.1971.8395

Abstract

To study the angular behavior of the usual backscattering integral, a numerical example is given and the integral is evaluated without approximating the surface correlation function. Results obtained are compared with approximate analytic evaluations. It is shown that either one of the two possible approximations may be acceptable, depending upon the incident frequency.

Keywords

BACKSCATTER
ROUGH SURFACES
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
FREQUENCY
SHAPE
SURFACE WAVES
EQUATIONS
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
AUTOCORRELATION
CONTRACTS