The multiscale full-spectrum k-distribution (MSFSK) method has become a promising method for radiative heat transfer in inhomogeneous media. The scope of the MSFSK method has been limited to radiation calculations involving inhomogeneous gas mixtures only. The objective of this paper is to develop a MSFSK model that is accurate for inhomogeneous mixtures of both gases and nongray particles, suc...

The multi-look polarimetric SAR covariance matrix is generally modeled by a complex Wishart distribution. For textured areas, the product model is used and the texture component is modeled by a Gamma distribution. In many cases, the assumption of Gamma distributed texture is not appropriate. The Fisher distribution does not have this limitation and can represent a large set of texture distribut...

The K distribution can be arguably regarded as one of most successful and widely used models for radar data. However, in the last two decades we have seen tremendous growth in even more accurate modeling of radar statistics. In this regard, the relatively recent G distribution filled some deficiencies left unaccounted by the K model. The G model actually resulted as a special case of a more gen...

The K distribution is used in a number of areas of scientific endeavor. In optics, it provides a useful statistical description for fluctuations of the irradiance (and the electric field) of light that has been scattered or transmitted through random media (e.g., the turbulent atmosphere). The Poisson transform of the K distribution describes the photon-counting statistics of light whose irradi...