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Dr Mark Spivack
Waves Group ,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University
of Cambridge
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Research interests and
projects
- Wave propagation and scattering by rough surfaces and random
media
- Applications to electromagnetic and acoustic propagation
- Inverse problems in wave scattering and coastal evolution
- Cambridge eScience Centre: Electromagnetic
scattering
Directories and files
Some lecture
notes
More lecture
notes
JAVA Examples
[Parent
directory]
[under construction]
Results
FIGS
Selected Papers
Random medium:
Changing source angle (mpg)
Source location changing vertically (gif)
Source location changing vertically (mpg)
Change with scattering strength/wavelength (gif)
Change with scattering strength/wavelength (mpg)
Numerical calculations:
f117a
f117b
f117c
Propagation through a random medium due to moving
source (incident from the left)
:
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Radar propagation through evaporation duct over smooth sea surface
Propagation over rough sea surface
![](http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/ms100/FIGS/fig7.gif)
The following shows changing bathymetry of a UK coastal region (Gt
Yarmouth) 35x20 km over 140 years:
![](http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/ms100/FIGS/anims.gif)
![](http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/ms100/FIGS/surf.gif)