A review of target decomposition theorems in radar polarimetry

SR Cloude, E Pottier - IEEE transactions on geoscience and …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we provide a review of the different approaches used for target decomposition
theory in radar polarimetry. We classify three main types of theorem; those based on the …

First-principles modeling of electromagnetic scattering by discrete and discretely heterogeneous random media

MI Mishchenko, JM Dlugach, MA Yurkin, L Bi, B Cairns… - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
A discrete random medium is an object in the form of a finite volume of a vacuum or a
homogeneous material medium filled with quasi-randomly and quasi-uniformly distributed …

[图书][B] Multiple scattering of light by particles: radiative transfer and coherent backscattering

MI Mishchenko, LD Travis, AA Lacis - 2006 - books.google.com
This volume provides a thorough treatment of multiple scattering of light and other
electromagnetic radiation in media composed of randomly and sparsely positioned particles …

Concept of polarization entropy in optical scattering

SR Cloude, E Pottier - Optical engineering, 1995 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We consider the application of the general theory of unitary matrices to problems of wave
scattering involving polarized waves. Haying outlined useful parameterizations of the low …

Asymmetry parameters of the phase function for densely packed scattering grains

MI Mishchenko - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 1994 - Elsevier
Spatial correlation among densely packed particles can substantially change their single-
scattering properties, thus making questionable the applicability of the independent …

Errors induced by the neglect of polarization in radiance calculations for Rayleigh-scattering atmospheres

MI Mishchenko, AA Lacis, LD Travis - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy …, 1994 - Elsevier
Although neglecting polarization and replacing the rigorous vector radiative transfer
equation by its approximate scalar counterpart has no physical background, it is a widely …

Multiple scattering by random particulate media: exact 3D results

MI Mishchenko, L Liu, DW Mackowski, B Cairns… - Optics …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We use the numerically exact superposition T-matrix method to perform extensive
computations of electromagnetic scattering by a 3D volume filled with randomly distributed …

Coherent backscattering of light by complex random media of spherical scatterers: numerical solution

K Muinonen - Waves in random Media, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Novel Monte Carlo techniques are described for the computation of reflection
coefficient matrices for multiple scattering of light in plane-parallel random media of …

[HTML][HTML] On the nature of the polarization opposition effect exhibited by Saturn's rings

MI Mishchenko - Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004 …, 1993 - adsabs.harvard.edu
The nature of the unusually narrow photometric and polarization opposition effects exhibited
by Saturn's A and B rings is examined using a theory and results of laboratory …

Enhanced backscattering of polarized light from discrete random media: calculations in exactly the backscattering direction

MI Mishchenko - JOSA A, 1992 - opg.optica.org
Enhanced backscattering of polarized light by disordered media composed of independently
scattering particles of arbitrary size and shape is studied theoretically. Rigorous relations …