This monograph deals with the statistical properties
of the scattered field of an electromagnetic wave
propagating over a (perfectly conducting) rough
surface at low grazing angles. Two different
approaches, one based on the parabolic equation
techniques and the other based on an exact full wave
integral equation, are investigated. For the
parabolic equation modeling of the forward scattering
over a rough surface, only the mean field is
considered. Efficient Fourier split-step solutions
are carried out and results are compared to the
experimental data. Meanwhile a recently...