Full-Wave Indoor Measurements’ Cross-Validation With the Model Demos for Foliage Penetrating Applications

For foliage penetrating (FoPen) radar development, we previously developed a hybrid volume-surface model, named Domain dEcomposition Model (DEMOS), to evaluate the electromagnetic scattering from large scenes composed by targets (metallic objects) placed in a natural environment (dielectric object). In this letter, we compare the scattered field obtained by DEMOS with the quasi-monostatic measurements done in an anechoic chamber on scaled models composed of dielectric and metallic structures. For all measurements, we consider both polarizations, HH and VV. Our final objective is to determine the optimal configurations for the detection of a target placed in a forest environment in the very high-frequency (VHF)-UHF frequency bands.