Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1-31-1983
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Gerald Martin Whitman
Second Advisor
Sol Rosenstark
Third Advisor
Joseph Frank
Abstract
The time dependent transport equation is used to study the transmission of periodic pulses through a forest. The forest is assumed to occupy a half-space region, to be statistically homogeneous and to scatter energy isotropically A periodic sequence of Gaussian plane wave pulses is assumed to enter the forest normally from free space. The transport equation is solved by the moment method using triangular expansion functions. Numerical results indicate the dependence of the incoherent intensity on penetration depth, observation angle, albedo and pulse repetition rate.
Recommended Citation
Cho, Nack Yang, "Moment method solution of the time-dependent transport equation to describe the scattering of gaussian plane wave pulses by a forest" (1983). Theses. 3515.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3515
