The surface-backscattering strength is calculated according to Rayleigh theory for surface excursions much smaller then the sound wavelength. By taking account of self-shadowing and modulation of grazing angles, the validity of the result is extended to arbitrary roughness. The predictions of this new composite-roughness scattering model are compared with a small set of experimental data.
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Wolfgang Bachmann (1973) studied this question.