The Scattering from Rough Curved Surfaces of a Wave Propagated through a Random Medium

Abstract

A generalized investigation of wave scattering from rough surfaces yields an expression for mean scattered power flux which is the spatial Fourier transform of the product of three transfer functions: The optical transfer function (OTF) of the propagating medium; The joint characteristic function of the surface roughness; A coherence involving the mean surface and the wave profile. The results are applicable to rough surfaces which do not have rms slopes greater than a few degrees. The solution is applied to laser scattering from aluminum and titanium airplane surfaces where the medium is the clear atmosphere. Proficorder tracing of sample rough surfaces reveals independent roughness and waviness components normally distributed with Gaussian (isotropic) autocorrelation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734044

Entities

People

  • Darryl P. Greenwood
  • E. J. Powers Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffraction
  • Laser Beams
  • Measurement
  • Power Spectra
  • Random Variables
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Spherical Waves
  • Surface Roughness
  • Transfer Functions
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy