Toward a theory of ultrawideband sea scatter

In this work the problem of developing a theory of sea scatter for ultrawideband electromagnetic waves is examined (with special application to radar). The motivation for this work derives from the work of Wetzel, who formulated a scalar, time-domain model of sea clutter and showed that the local curvature properties of the rough surface are an important factor in determining the sources of the scattered return. Here, Wetzel´s result is extended to the electromagnetic problem and then extended further to obtain some polarization effects consistent with the small perturbation method