chapter 1 Statistical Preliminaries -- chapter 2 The Gaussian Process -- chapter 3 Processes Derived from Gaussian Noise -- chapter 4 Scattering by a Collection of Discrete Objects: The Random Walk Model -- chapter 5 Scattering by Continuous Media: Phase Screen Models -- chapter 6 Scattering by Smoothly Varying Phase Screens -- chapter 7 Scattering by Fractal Phase Screens -- chapter 8 Other Phase Screen Models -- chapter 9 Propagation through Extended Inhomogeneous Media -- chapter 10 Multiple Scattering: Fluctuations in Double Passage and Multipath Scattering Geometries -- chapter 11 Vector Scattering: Polarization Fluctuations -- chapter 12 K-Distributed Noise -- chapter 13 Measurement and Detection -- chapter 14 Numerical Techniques.