Non-resonant mechanism of electromagnetic backscattering from the sea surface disturbed by internal waves

Author

Churyumov, Anton N. ; Kravtsov, Yurii A. ; Litovchenko, Konstantin C. ; Mityagina, M.I.

Author_Institution

Space Res. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

2-5 Jun 1998

Firstpage

889

Abstract

Airborne experiments of the Space Research Institute on radar backscatter from the sea surface have shown that the traditional Bragg resonant mechanism of scattering fails to explain the observed radar images of internal wave surface manifestations. The work concentrates on finding a theoretical model capable of accounting for previously neglected non-resonant scattering mechanisms, which we believe, are responsible for these experimental results

Keywords

airborne radar; backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; ocean waves; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; Bragg resonant mechanism; Space Research Institute; airborne experiments; electromagnetic backscattering; internal waves; nonresonant scattering mechanisms; radar backscatter; radar images; sea surface; Airborne radar; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Resonance; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 1998. MMET 98. 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharkov

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4360-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.1998.709925

Filename

709925