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Alexander Voronovich
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Environmental Technology Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, USA
- This edition includes the analysis of a new method, the Operator Expansion Method by Milder
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-VIII
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Back Matter
Pages 231-236
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
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Environmental Technology Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, USA
Alexander Voronovich