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Abstract

The Integral Equation Method (IEM) isapplied for about ten years to model the surface scattering phenomenon. Recently, Fung published in [1] an extra improved version of the IEM model. In thispap er, numerical and experimental validationsof the model are investigated. In backscattering, as in bistatic scattering, number of numerical validationsare made on a wide frequency band, by comparing IEM predictionswith a reference method results(Method of Moments). IEM results are also compared with those of some asymptotic models such as Small Perturbation Method (SPM) and Kirchhoff Model (KM) in the frequency domainswhere these latter are applicable. The improved model validation isac hieved by presenting confrontations of the simulation results with experimental data, some of them have been collected in appropriate papers, and the others come from experimentsw e conducted at the ElectroMagnetism and Radar Department (DEMR) of the Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches AÃ©rospatiales (ONERA)-Toulouse (France).

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Dr. Fifame Koudogbo

Prof. Paul Combes

Dr. Henri-Jose Mametsa