Review Of Random Surface Scatter Models

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The objective of this review is to summarize for possible users of surface scatter models the basic principles and significant characteristics of some common surface scatter models and to illustrate their applications to the interpretation of scatter measurements from man-made and sea surfaces. Other surface scatter theories which have not been applied extensively to data interpretation will only be mentioned briefly. Theoretical conditions and conditions found from computer simulation for the validity of the common surface scatter models are discussed. The common surface scatter models considered are the Kirchhoff model, the geometric optics model, the small perturbation model and a two-scale model. The less common surface scatter theories introduced are the facet method, the variational method, the diagram method, the full-wave method, and numerical methods.© (1982) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

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