Microwave remote sensing of soil, ocean, snow and vegetation based on 3D Numerical Solutions of Maxwell Equations (NMM3D)

摘要

We have been engaged in Numerical Solutions of Maxwell equations (NMM3D) for more than fifteen years [1-2]. In this paper, we report on the recent progress of NMM3D on random rough surfaces and discrete random media and their applications in active and passive microwave remote sensing. The random rough surface models were applied to soil surfaces and ocean surfaces. The discrete random media models were applied to snow and vegetation. We describe the numerical methodologies and the simulation results. Comparisons are also made with experimental measurements.