Microwave emission and scattering of foam based on Monte Carlo simulations of dense media Chen, Dong ; Tsang, Leung ; Zhou, Lin, 1966- ; Reising, Steven C. ; Asher, William E. ; Rose, Louis Allen, 1938- ; Ding, Kung-Hau ; Chen, Chi-Te "This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research under Grant N00014-99-1-0190 to the University of Washington, and the City University of Hong Kong under Grant 9380034. The experimental measurements were also supported by the Office of Naval Research under Award N00014-00-1-280 to the University of Massachusetts, Award N00014-00-0152 to the University of Washington, and Award N0001400WX21032 to the Naval Research Laboratory." The foam-covered ocean surface is treated as densely packed air bubbles coated with thin layers of seawater. We apply Monte Carlo simulations of solutions of Maxwell’s equations to calculate the absorption, scattering, and extinction coefficients at 10.8 and 36.5 GHz. These quantities are then used in dense-media radiative transfer theory to calculate the microwave emissivity. Numerical results of the model are illustrated as a function of foam parameters. Results of emissivities for both horizontal polarization and vertical polarizations at 10.8 and 36.5 GHz are compared with rECENt experimental measurements. Colorado State University. Libraries 2003 text ; image application/pdf ECEscr00012.pdf FACFECEN100574ARTI eng c2003 IEEE
Microwave emission and scattering of foam based on Monte Carlo simulations of dense media
Chen, Dong ; Tsang, Leung ; Zhou, Lin, 1966- ; Reising, Steven C. ; Asher, William E. ; Rose, Louis Allen, 1938- ; Ding, Kung-Hau ; Chen, Chi-Te
"This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research under Grant N00014-99-1-0190 to the University of Washington, and the City University of Hong Kong under Grant 9380034. The experimental measurements were also supported by the Office of Naval Research under Award N00014-00-1-280 to the University of Massachusetts, Award N00014-00-0152 to the University of Washington, and Award N0001400WX21032 to the Naval Research Laboratory."
The foam-covered ocean surface is treated as densely packed air bubbles coated with thin layers of seawater. We apply Monte Carlo simulations of solutions of Maxwell’s equations to calculate the absorption, scattering, and extinction coefficients at 10.8 and 36.5 GHz. These quantities are then used in dense-media radiative transfer theory to calculate the microwave emissivity. Numerical results of the model are illustrated as a function of foam parameters. Results of emissivities for both horizontal polarization and vertical polarizations at 10.8 and 36.5 GHz are compared with rECENt experimental measurements.
Colorado State University. Libraries
2003
text ; image
application/pdf
ECEscr00012.pdf
FACFECEN100574ARTI
eng
c2003 IEEE