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Original Articles

Effect of the illumination region of targets on waves scattering in random media with H-polarization

Pages 637-653 | Received 24 Oct 2008, Accepted 09 Jun 2009, Published online: 22 Oct 2009
 

Abstract

This paper addresses some parameters that have a significant effect on wave scattering in random media. These parameters are: target configuration, including size and curvature; random media strength, represented in the spatial coherence length; and incident wave polarization. Here, I present numerical calculations for the radar cross-section (RCS) of conducting targets and analyze the backscattering enhancement with different configurations. I postulate a concave illumination region and consider targets taking large sizes of about five wavelengths. In this aspect, waves scattering from targets are assumed to propagate in free space and a random medium with H-polarization. This polarization produces what is well known as creeping waves which in turn have an additional effect on the scattering waves that is absent in the case of E-polarization.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) under Grant 250299-02.

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