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Wave Scattering from Rough Surfaces

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Alexander Voronovich

    1. Environmental Technology Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, USA

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  • This edition includes the analysis of a new method, the Operator Expansion Method by Milder

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Wave Phenomena (SSWAV, volume 17)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 1-9

  3. Scattering Amplitude and Its Properties

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 11-42

  4. Helmholtz Formula and Rayleigh Hypothesis

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 43-71

  5. Small Peturbation Method

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 73-107

  6. Kirchhoff-Tangent Plane Approximation

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 109-145

  7. “Nonclassical” Approaches to Wave Scattering at Rough Surfaces

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 147-207

  8. Waveguide with Statistically Rough Boundary in Noncorrelated Successive Reflections Approximation

    • Alexander Voronovich
    Pages 209-229

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 231-236
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About this book

Since the fIrst edition of this book was published in the 1994, the theory of wave scattering from rough surfaces has continued to develop intensively. The community of researchers working in this area keeps growing, which provides justifIcation for issuing this second edition. In preparing the second edition, I was challenged by the problem of se­ lecting new material from the many important results obtained recently. Even­ tually, a new section was added to the central Chap. 6 of this book. This sec­ tion describes the operator expansion technique put forward by M. Milder, which conforms well with the general approach adopted in the book and which to my mind is one of the most promising. Remote sensing of the terrain and ocean surface represents one of the most important and interesting challenges to the theory of wave scattering from rough surfaces. Rapid progress in electronics results in sensors with new capabilities. New powerful computers and data communication systems allow more sophisticated data processing techniques. What information about soil or air-sea interaction processes can be obtained from gigaflops of data streaming from air-or space-borne radars? To use this information efficiently, one cannot rely entirely on heuristic approaches and needs adequate theory. I hope that this book will contribute to progress in this important area.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Environmental Technology Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, USA

    Alexander Voronovich

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wave Scattering from Rough Surfaces

  • Authors: Alexander Voronovich

  • Series Title: Springer Series on Wave Phenomena

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59936-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64187-9Published: 23 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59936-1Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0931-7252

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 236

  • Topics: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

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