P and L Band Coherent Wave Propagation through a Tree Covered Mountainside

Abstract

Coherent wave attenuation is calculated for a tree covered mountainside at P and L bands. The layer of trees is represented as a set of discrete scatterers such as trunks, branches, leaves and needles of different sizes and orientations. The ground surface along the sloping axis is characterized using Kirchhoffs method. Ground truth measurements are done to acquire information about the scatterers. The attenuation and conversion of different types of polarizations are inferred. The effects of these findings will be used to further solve the bistatic scattering problem for the given sample of random media.