Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1982
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Gerald Martin Whitman
Second Advisor
Sol Rosenstark
Third Advisor
Stanley S. Reisman
Abstract
Millimeter-wave propagation in vegetation(forests) is studied using transport theory. A plane wave is assumed to enter a forest. The forest is modelled as a slab or half-space consisting of a random distribution of particles which scatters energy isotropically. The equation of radiative transfer in such a scattering and absorbing medium is solved by using Chebyshev polynomials as basis functions for series expansions of the diffuse or incoherent intensity. This choice of basis functions simplified considerably the systems of limear equations which had to be solved numerically. Curves are presented which show the range dependency of both diffuse intensity and power flux density. Also drawn are figures depicting the directional spectrum of diffuse intensity.
Recommended Citation
Chen, Li-Wen, "A theory of millimeter wave propagation in vegetation" (1982). Theses. 3658.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3658
