title: Double-scatter cross sections for two-dimensional random rough surfaces that exhibit backscatter enhancement.
abstract: Full-wave solutions are given for the single- and double-scatter radar cross sections for two-dimensional random rough surfaces. High-frequency approximations are used for the double-scatter cross sections in order to express them as numerically tractable four-dimensional integrals. The major contributions to the double-scatter cross sections are associated with the quasi-parallel and quasi-antiparallel double-scatter paths. They come from the neighborhoods of specular points. The enhancement of the backscatter cross sections, which is associated with the quasi-antiparallel double-scatter paths, is observed for both the like- and cross-polarized cross sections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Electro-Optics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 68588-0511, USA. bahar@dragon.unl.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bahar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Shenawee