Title :
Modeling radar backscatter from breaking waves on the surface
Author :
Melief, H.W. ; Greidanus, H. ; Hoogeboom, P. ; van Genderen, P.
Author_Institution :
Radar Syst. & Inf. Extraction, TNO Phys. & Electron. Lab., Den Haag, Netherlands
Abstract :
A model for describing radar sea clutter is proposed. It consists of two parts, an oceanographic and an electromagnetic one. The former contains swell, small capillary and gravity waves as well as breaking wave events. The latter combines ray tracing, Bragg scattering and the Method of Moments. It is shown that the combination of the two models is capable of well reproducing several key aspects of radar sea clutter.
Keywords :
backscatter; capillary waves; electromagnetic wave scattering; gravity waves; method of moments; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar clutter; ray tracing; Bragg scattering; breaking wave events; capillary waves; electromagnetics; gravity waves; method of moments; oceanography; radar backscatter modeling; radar sea clutter; ray tracing; swell; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Oceans; Radar clutter; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface treatment; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1295459
