Bistatic Scattering form Conducting Calibration Spheres

Abstract

This handbook contains a comprehensive set of tables for the electromagnetic bistatic scattering perfectly conduction spheres illuminated by linearly polarized plane waves. The tables were originally intended to serve as a calibration reference for radar cross section measurements, but they can also be used more generally as a standard of comparison for analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques in electromagnetics. The tables provide a listing of the bistatic radar cross sections computed from the MIE series to four place accuracy for a wide range of closely spaced sphere sizes and scattering angles. The FORTRAN program used to compute the tables was adapted from one developed at the Naval Research Laboratory and is listed in Appendix B. Also included in this handbook is a representative selection of plots which illustrate trends and give the observer a visual perspective of sigma /pi a2 when ka and the bistatic observation angle are varied. Keywords include: Calibration; Mie scattering; Electromagnetic scattering; Spheres; Conducting spheres; Radar cross section; RCS; Bistatic scattering; Anechoic chambers; Scattering; and Scattering ranges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA154173

Entities

People

  • Joseph P. Dibeneditto

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Absorption
  • Anechoic Chambers
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bessel Functions
  • Classification
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Mie Scattering
  • Nanofibers
  • New York
  • Plane Waves
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris