Scattering by large periodic surfaces: Novel numerical method and applications

MAAS, MARTIN; BRUNO, OSCAR; GRINGS, FRANCISCO

Pasadena, California

Simposio; Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2014 13th Specialist Meeting on; 2014

IEEE

We present a novel numerical method that enables efficient computation of scattering and emissivity of natural and man-made surfaces arising in the field of remote sensing. We consider periodic surfaces of possibly very large period, to adequately capture the various scales present in them, and we apply our method to study the effect on radar polarization ratiosof the presence of a tilling structure in an otherwise random rough surface