Electromagnetic scattering from grassland. II. Measurement and modeling results

Electromagnetic Scattering from Grassland—Part II: Measurement and Modeling Results

The validity of a coherent, grassland scattering model is determined by comparing the model predictions with direct measurements of a representative grass canopy. A wheat field was selected as the test target, and polarimetric, multifrequency backscattering data were collected over an entire growing season, along with a complete set of ground-truth data. The L-band measured data demonstrated a ...

Electromagnetic scattering from grassland. I. A fully phase-coherent scattering model

A microwave scattering formulation is presented for grassland and other short vegetation canopies. The fact that the constituent elements of these targets can be as large as the vegetation layer make this formulation problematic. For example, a grass element may extend from the soil surface to the top of the canopy, and thus the upper portion of the element can be illuminated with far greater e...

An analysis of electromagnetic scattering from finite-width strips

Electromagnetic scattering from anorthotropic

We investigate electromagnetic wave propagation in an inhomogeneous anisotropic medium. For the case of an orthotropic medium we derive the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, which is equivalent to a system of strongly singular integral equations. Uniqueness and existence of a solution is shown and we examine the regularity of the solution by means of integral equations. We prove the innnite Fr echet...

3 Measurement and modeling of electromagnetic scattering by particles and particle groups

Small particles forming clouds of interstellar and circumstellar dust, regolith surfaces of many solar system bodies, and cometary atmospheres have a strong and often controlling effect on many ambient physical and chemical processes. Similarly, aerosol and cloud particles exert a strong influence on the regional and global climates of the Earth, other planets of the solar system, and exoplanet...